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Bound for the laplacian of a strictly convex function from above by the gradient of it

Let $V \in C^2(\mathbb{R}^d; \mathbb{R})$ a (strictly) convex function with $ \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} \mathrm{e}^{-V(x)} \, dx = 1.$ I am trying to show that $$ \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} |\nabla_x V(x) |^2\...
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Is a function of several variables convex near a local minimum when the derivatives are non-degenerate?

This is a cross-post. Let $U \subseteq \mathbb R^n$ be an open subset, and let $f:U \to \mathbb R$ be smooth. Suppose that $x \in U$ is a strict local minimum point of $f$. Let $df^k(x):(\mathbb R^n)^...
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