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convex set
subset of an affine space that is closed under convex combinations
convex function
real function with secant line between points above the graph itself
Jensen's inequality
theorem of convex functions
convex hull
notion in topological vector spaces
concave function
negative of a convex function
Legendre transformation
involutive transformation on real-valued convex functions of one real variable
star domain
property of point sets in Euclidean spaces
Gauss–Lucas theorem
geometric relation between the roots of a polynomial and those of its derivative
epigraph
the set of points lying on or above the graph of a function
convex optimization
subfield of mathematical optimization
convex analysis
branch of mathematics devoted to the study of properties of convex functions and convex sets
locally convex space
topological vector space in which every vector has a convex neighborhood
Minkowski functional
function made from a set
convex cone
subset of a vector space closed under positive linear combinations
Minkowski's theorem
symmetric convex set
Convex conjugate
the ("dual") lower-semicontinuous convex function resulting from the Legendre–Fenchel transformation of a "primal" function
Farkas' lemma
theorem
quasiconvex function
function for which every set of inputs whose value is below a given threshold is convex
dual cone
concepts in convex analysis
linear separability
geometric property of a pair of sets of points in Euclidean geometry
absolutely convex set
convex and balanced set
strictly convex space
normed vector space for which the closed unit ball is strictly convex
uniformly convex space
reflexive Banach space such that the center of a line segment inside the unit ball must lie deep inside the unit ball unless the segment is short
hypograph
Mathematical analysis term
Bipolar theorem
theorem in convex analysis
Karamata's inequality
Algebra theorem about convex functions
Popoviciu's inequality
theorem
R. Tyrrell Rockafellar
American mathematician
Fenchel–Moreau theorem
mathematical theorem in convex analysis
proper convex function
concept in convex analysis
Closed convex function
terms in Maths
Subgradient method
concept in convex optimization mathematics
Dieudonné's theorem
Effective domain
Hilbert projection theorem
on closed convex subsets in Hilbert space