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Convex defining functions for convex domains

Complex Variables 2012-04-04 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We give three proofs of the fact that a smoothly bounded, convex domain in R^n has smooth defining functions whose Hessians are non-negative definite in a neighborhood of the boundary of the domain.

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@article{arxiv.0912.4653,
  title  = {Convex defining functions for convex domains},
  author = {A. -K. Herbig and J. D. McNeal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.4653},
  year   = {2012}
}

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21 pages

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