Convex function

A twice-differentiable function is convex iff its second derivative is nonnegative everywhere

Let 𝑓 :(𝑎,𝑏) →ℝ be a 𝐶2 differentiable function. Then 𝑓 is convex iff 𝑓″(𝑥) ≥0 for all 𝑥 ∈(𝑎,𝑏). #m/thm/anal Furthermore if 𝑓″(𝑥) >0 for all 𝑥 ∈(𝑎,𝑏), then 𝑓 is strictly convex.

Proof

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