This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this note it is proved that the integral arithmetic mean of a convex function is a Schur-convex function. Applications to Schur-convexity ...

This course discusses basic convex analysis (convex sets, functions, and optimization problems), optimization theory (linear, quadratic, semidefinite, and geometric programming; optimality conditions ...

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