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 (the set of points lying on or above the graph) forming a convex set

★ Convex polygon, a polygon which forms a convex set

★ 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, is a generalization of the Legendre transformation
'Economics':

★ Convex Preference relation, 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

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See also

See also

★ List of convexity topics

★ Concave, the opposite of convex.