A Visual Explanation of Jensen's Inequality

DOI10.2307/2324783zbMath0805.26015OpenAlexW4248548588MaRDI QIDQ4293880

Tristan Needham

Publication date: 10 July 1994

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2324783

zbMATH Keywords

convex functionsJensen inequalityLah-Ribarič inequalityLach-Ribarič inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15) Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25)

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