Writing x*log(1+x/y)

I believe x*log(1+x/y) is convex for x > 0, y > 0.

I don’t see how to get it into CVX. Perhaps someone else knows how, although I don’t know whether it can be done.

As has been posted on this forum, the “similar” looking x*log(1+y/x) can be expressed as -rel_entr(x,x+y), and is concave for x > 0, y > 0. But I don’t see how to use rel_entr for x*log(1+x/y)

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