Convex Functions and Their Applications A Contemporary Approach /

• Main Authors: Niculescu, Constantin P. (Author), Persson, Lars-Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: CMS Books in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Functional analysis.; Functions of real variables.; Convex geometry.; Discrete geometry.; Real Functions.; Functional Analysis.; Convex and Discrete Geometry.

Convex functions play an important role in many branches of mathematics, as well as other areas of science and engineering. The present text is aimed to a thorough introduction to contemporary convex function theory, which entails a powerful and elegant interaction between analysis and geometry. A l...

Table of Contents:

• Convex Functions on Intervals
• Comparative Convexity on Intervals
• Convex Functions on a Normed Linear Space
• Choquet’s Theory and Beyond.