Convex analysis /

Convexity is an ancient idea going back to Archimedes. Used sporadically in the mathematical literature over the centuries, today it is a flourishing area of research and a mathematical subject in its own right. Convexity is used in optimization theory, functional analysis, complex analysis, and oth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krantz, Steven G. (Steven George), 1951- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]
Series:Textbooks in mathematics (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 0. Why convexity?
  • 1. Basic ideas
  • 2. Functions
  • 3. More on functions
  • 4. Applications
  • 5. Sophisticated ideas
  • 6. The MiniMax theorem
  • 7. Concluding remarks.