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The traditional study of plane and space algebraic curves by looking at their tangent vectors, curvatures and torsions provides geometric, but unfortunately not sufficient information about individual curves in order to be able to…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Hana Melanova

In discrete convex analysis, various convexity concepts are considered for discrete functions such as separable convexity, L-convexity, M-convexity, integral convexity, and multimodularity. These concepts of discrete convex functions are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-06 Satoko Moriguchi , Kazuo Murota

The concept of a visible point of a convex set relative to a given point is introduced. A number of basic properties of such visible point sets is developed. In particular, it is shown that this concept is useful in the study of best…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-07 Frank Deutsch , Hein Hundal , Ludmil Zikatanov

An overview of some of the recent developments in the theory of valuations on convex sets and its generalizations to manifolds is given. The exposition is focused towards applications to integral geometry; several of such applications are…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-08-30 Semyon Alesker

We introduce a notion of complexity of diagrams (and in particular of objects and morphisms) in an arbitrary category, as well as a notion of complexity of functors between categories equipped with complexity functions. We discuss several…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Saugata Basu , M. Umut Isik

Notions of the orthogonality and convolution orthogonality are explored with the use of the Kontorovich-Lebedev transform and its convolution. New classes of the corresponding orthogonal polynomials and functions are investigated. Integral…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Semyon Yakubovich

An introduction to geometric valuation theory is given. The focus is on classification results for $\operatorname{SL}(n)$ invariant and rigid motion invariant valuations on convex bodies and on convex functions.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-31 Monika Ludwig , Fabian Mussnig

Convex geometry and complex geometry have long had fascinating interactions. This survey offers a tour of a few.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Yanir A. Rubinstein

We explore the relationship between convex and subharmonic functions on discrete sets. Our principal concern is to determine the setting in which a convex function is necessarily subharmonic. We initially consider the primary notions of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-25 Matthew Burke , Tony Perkins

In this note we provide a simple proof of some properties enjoyed by convex functions having the engulfing property. In particular, making use only of results peculiar to convex analysis, we prove that differentiability and strict convexity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-20 Andrea Calogero , Rita Pini

We introduce a notion of $k$-convexity and explore polygons in the plane that have this property. Polygons which are \mbox{$k$-convex} can be triangulated with fast yet simple algorithms. However, recognizing them in general is a 3SUM-hard…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-07-22 Oswin Aichholzer , Franz Aurenhammer , Erik D. Demaine , Ferran Hurtado , Pedro Ramos , Jorge Urrutia

Formal definitions of quantities, quantity spaces, dimensions and dimension groups are introduced. Based on these concepts, a theoretical framework and a practical algorithm for dimensional analysis are developed, and examples of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2015-04-20 Dan Jonsson

In this paper, we give more general definitions of weighted means and MN-convex functions. Using these definitions, we also obtain some generalized results related to properties of MN-convex functions. The importance of this study is that…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-10-05 İmdat İşcan

In this paper we established new integral inequalities which are more general results for coordinated convex functions on the coordinates by using some classical inequalities.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2011-07-21 M. Emin Ozdemir , Cetin Yildiz , Ahmet Ocak Akdemir

In this paper, we investigate the concept of p-convexity for sets and functions in n-dimensional Euclidean space. We establish novel algebraic and topological results within this generalized convexity framework. Furthermore, we analyze…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Cristian Vera

The characterization of physical systems requires a comprehensive understanding of quantum effects. One aspect is a proper quantification of the strength of such quantum phenomena. Here, a general convex ordering of quantum states will be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Sperling , W. Vogel

This paper presents a selected tour through the theory and applications of lifts of convex sets. A lift of a convex set is a higher-dimensional convex set that projects onto the original set. Many convex sets have lifts that are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-24 Hamza Fawzi , João Gouveia , Pablo A. Parrilo , James Saunderson , Rekha R. Thomas

Extended real-valued functions are often used in optimization theory, but in different ways for infimum problems and for supremum problems. We present an approach to extended real-valued functions that works for all types of problems and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Petra Weidner

Abstract convexity generalises classical convexity by considering the suprema of functions taken from an arbitrarily defined set of functions. These are called the abstract linear (abstract affine) functions. The purpose of this paper is to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Reinier Diàz Millàn , Nadezda Sukhorukova , Julien Ugon

First we recall the notion of conxity and log-convexity for real-valued. Then we generalize the trick used by Artin in his famous paper on the Gamma function to find log-convex solutions to the functional equations f(x+1)=g(x)f(x). This…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-08-29 Martin Himmel