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Convex
The word '''convex''' means curving out or bulging outward. '''Convex''' or '''convexity''' may refer to:
Mathematics:
- Convex set, a set of points containing all line segments between each pair of its points
- Convex function, a function with the Epigraph (mathematics)|epigraph forming a convex set
- Convex polytope, a polytope which forms a convex set. These include convex polygons.
- Convex hull, the minimal convex set containing a set of points X
- Convex combination, a linear combination of points with non-negative coefficients that sum up to 1
- Convex conjugate, a generalization of the Legendre transformation
- Convex bipartite graph, a special kind of bipartite graph
- Convex plane graph, a plane graph with convex faces
- Convex optimization
Economics:
- Convex preferences, a preference relation with convex upper contour sets
Finance:
- Bond convexity, a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond to changes in interest rates
Optics:
- Convex lens, a lens with surfaces that curve outward
Art:
- ''Convex and Concave'', a lithograph print by the artist M. C. Escher
Proper names:
- Convex Computer, a company that produced a number of vector supercomputers, bought by HP in 1995
- Convex Software Library, a client-side open source solution for Internet Explorer which uses a hidden Java applet to process XForms
See also
- List of convexity topics
- Concave, the opposite of convex
- Obtuse angle
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