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In this paper some concepts of convex analysis on hyperbolic space are studied. We first study properties of the intrinsic distance, for instance, we present the spectral decomposition of its Hessian. Next, we study the concept of convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Orizon Pereira Ferreira , Sándor Zoltán Németh , Jinzhen Zhu

For convex univalent functions we give instances where the sharp bound for various coefficient functionals are identical to those for the corresponding bound for the inverse function. We give instances where the sharp bounds differ and also…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Derek K. Thomas

Many problems in high-dimensional statistics and optimization involve minimization over nonconvex constraints-for instance, a rank constraint for a matrix estimation problem-but little is known about the theoretical properties of such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Rina Foygel Barber , Wooseok Ha

This manuscript introduces the idea of GS-exponential kind of convex functions and some of their algebraic features, and we introduce a new class GS-exponential kind of convex sets. In addition, we describe certain fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-03 Ehtesham Akhter , Musavvir Ali

Functions with uniform level sets can represent orders, preference relations or other binary relations and thus turn out to be a tool for scalarization that can be used, e.g., in multicriteria optimization, decision theory, mathematical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Petra Weidner

Convexity and convex functions play an important role in theoretical physics. To initiate a study of the possible uses of convex functions in General Relativity, we discuss the consequences of a spacetime $(M,g_{\mu \nu})$ or an initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-07 Gary W. Gibbons , Akihiro Ishibashi

Convexity and convex functions play an important role in theoretical physics. To initiate a study of the possible uses of convex functions in General Relativity, we discuss the consequences of a spacetime $(M,g_{\mu \nu})$ or an initial…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Gary W. Gibbons , Akihiro Ishibashi

Convex regression is a method for estimating the convex function from a data set. This method has played an important role in operations research, economics, machine learning, and many other areas. However, it has been empirically observed…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-10-17 Zhiqiang Liao , Sheng Dai , Eunji Lim , Timo Kuosmanen

We consider the problem of obtaining interpolation constraints for function classes, i.e., necessary and sufficient constraints that a set of points, function values and (sub)gradients must satisfy to ensure the existence of a global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Anne Rubbens , Julien M. Hendrickx

This paper presents a study of generalized polyhedral convexity under basic operations on multifunctions. We address the preservation of generalized polyhedral convexity under sums and compositions of multifunctions, the domains and ranges…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-19 Nguyen Ngoc Luan , Nguyen Mau Nam , Nguyen Dong Yen

Submodular set-functions have many applications in combinatorial optimization, as they can be minimized and approximately maximized in polynomial time. A key element in many of the algorithms and analyses is the possibility of extending the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-02-24 Francis Bach

This paper considers decentralized optimization of convex functions with mixed affine equality constraints involving both local and global variables. Constraints on global variables may vary across different nodes in the network, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Demyan Yarmoshik , Nhat Trung Nguyen , Alexander Rogozin , Alexander Gasnikov

The main result states that every convex set-valued function defined on a real interval with compact values in a locally convex space, admits an affine selection. In the case if the target space is a real line and the values are closed real…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-07-28 Szymon Wasowicz

For the $p$-harmonic function with strictly convex level sets, we find a test function which comes from the combination of the norm of gradient of the $p$-harmonic function and the smallest principal curvature of the level sets of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-06 Kun Huang , Wei Zhang

We consider the problem of maximizing a convex function over a closed convex set in a real Hilbert space. For linear functions, we show that a single orthogonal projection suffices to obtain an approximate solution. For continuous convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Pedro Felzenszwalb , Heon Lee

We investigate regularity of minimizers in two dimensions for certain classes of non-smooth convex functionals. In particular our results apply to the surface tensions that appear in recent works on random surfaces and random tilings of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

The stochastic gradient descent has been widely used for solving composite optimization problems in big data analyses. Many algorithms and convergence properties have been developed. The composite functions were convex primarily and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-03-03 Takayuki Kawashima , Hironori Fujisawa

We give a statement on extension with estimates of convex functions defined on a linear subspace, inspired by similar extension results concerning metrics on positive line bundles

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-06-10 Bo Berndtsson

We study the class of compact convex subsets of a topological vector space which admits a strictly convex and lower semicontinuous function. We prove that such a compact set is embeddable in a strictly convex dual Banach space endowed with…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-28 L. García-Lirola , J. Orihuela , M. Raja

This note should clarify how the behavior of certain invariant objects reflects the geometric convexity of balanced domains.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2010-06-23 Nikolai Nikolov , Peter Pflug