Convex Analysis

by Steven G. Krantz

Overview

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 other parts of mathematics.

Convex Analysis introduces analytic tools for studying convexity and provides analytical applications of the concept. The book includes a general background on classical geometric theory which allows readers to obtain a glimpse of how modern mathematics is developed and how geometric ideas may be studied analytically.

Featuring a user-friendly approach, the book contains copious examples and plenty of figures to illustrate the ideas presented. It also includes an appendix with the technical tools needed to understand certain arguments in the book, a tale of notation, and a thorough glossary to help readers with unfamiliar terms. This book is a definitive introductory text to the concept of convexity in the context of mathematical analysis and a suitable resource for students and faculty alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498706377
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/20/2014
Series:	Textbooks in Mathematics , #21
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Steven G. Krantz received his PhD from Princeton University. Dr. Krantz has taught at UCLA, Princeton University, Penn State, and Washington University in St. Louis. For five years he was the department chair at Washington University. Dr. Krantz has received the Chauvenet Prize, awarded for outstanding mathematical expository writing. He has also been awarded the Kemper Prize and the Beckenbach Book Award. Dr. Krantz is the founding editor of the Journal of Geometric Analysis as well as Complex Analysis and its Synergies . He has written nearly 195 scholarly papers and more than 75 books.

Table of Contents

Why Convexity? Basic Ideas. Functions. More on Functions. Applications. More sophisticated Ideas. The MiniMax Theorem. Concluding Remarks. Appendix: Technical Tools. Table of Notation. Glossary.

Editorial Reviews

"The goal of this user-friendly and self-contained book is to introduce and study the notion of convexity of sets and functions in Euclidean spaces with a perspective that is closer than usual to the approach and the tools normally prerogatives of the mathematical analysis setting."
—Zentralblatt MATH 1310

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