Questions tagged [hessian]
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Does $f$ have the same minimiser as $\|\nabla f \|$ for $f$ strictly convex?
This question is migrated from MathStackExchange where it seemed to be too hard. I wonder does anyone here have any ideas?
Suppose $f: K \to \mathbb R$ is $\mathcal C^2$ and strictly convex on some ...
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Product of concave functions and harmonic mean
I discovered something interesting, and I would like to know whether it is a known result or not. Say that a function $f: \Omega \subset \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R_+^*}$ is $\alpha$-concave if $...
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Factoring certain Hessians of real homogeneous bivariate polynomials
For any homogeneous polynomial $f \in \mathbb R [x,y]$, define the homogeneous polynomial
$$H(f) := \partial_yf^2\partial_x\partial_xf-2\partial_xf\partial_yf\;\partial_x\partial_yf+\partial_xf^2\...
