Integrability and $L^1-$convergence of modified cosine sums introduced by Rees and Stanojević under a class of generalized semi-convex null coefficients are studied by using Cesàro means of non-integral orders.

We show that, if the coefficients (an) in a series $a_0/2+{\sum }_{n=1}^{\infty }{a}_{n}cos\left(nt\right)$ tend to 0 as n → ∞ and satisfy the regularity condition that ${\sum }_{m=0}^{\infty }{{\sum }_{j=1}^{\infty }[{\sum }_{n=j{2}^m}^{(j+1)2^m-1}|a_n-a_{n+1}\left|\right]²}^{1/2}<\infty$, then the cosine series represents an integrable function on the interval [-π,π]. We also show that, if the coefficients (bn) in a series ${\sum }_{n=1}^{\infty }{b}_{n}sin\left(nt\right)$ tend to 0 and satisfy the corresponding regularity condition, then the sine series represents an integrable function on [-π,π] if and only if ${\sum }_{n=1}^{\infty }\left|b_n\right|/n<\infty$. These conclusions were previously known to hold under stronger restrictions on the sizes of the differences...