Convexity: An Analytic Viewpoint.
Convexity: An Analytic Viewpoint. Convex functions and sets — p. 1 1.1 Convex subsets of real vector spaces 1.2 Convex combinations and convex hulls 1.3 Convex and strictly convex functions 1.4 Epigraphs and geometric interpretation 1.5 One-dimensional convexity and secant slopes 1.6 Continuity and differentiability of convex functions 1.7 Supporting lines and tangent inequalities 1.8 Jensen’s inequality 1.9 Hölder and Minkowski inequalities from convexity 1.10 Gauges of convex sets 1.11 Legendre transforms 1.12 Hahn–Banach viewed through supporting tangents Simon explicitly identifies differentiability, Jensen, gauges, Legendre transforms, and the Hahn–Banach viewpoint as foundational themes Orlicz spaces 2.1 Young functions 2.2 Convex growth functions beyond power laws 2.3 Modular functionals 2.4 Luxemburg-type norms 2.5 Orlicz classes and Orlicz spaces 2.6 Hölder-type inequalities in Orlicz spaces 2.7 Complementary Young functions 2.8 Duality phenomena 2.9 Comparison with...