Convexity [electronic resource] : an analytic viewpoint / Barry Simon.
Series: Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 187.2012, c2011Description: 1 online resource (1 v.) : illISBN:- 9781139637909
- 1139637908

Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Convex functions and sets -- Orlicz spaces -- Gauges and locally convex spaces -- Separation theorems -- Duality : dual topologies, bipolar sets, and Legendre transforms -- Monotone and convex matrix functions -- Loewner's theorem : a first proof -- Extreme points and the Krein-Milman theorem -- The strong Krein-Milman theorem -- Choquet theory : existence -- Choquet theory : uniqueness -- Complex interpolation -- The Brunn-Minkowski inequalities and log concave functions -- Rearrangement inequalities. Brascamp-Lieb-Luttinger inequalities ; Rearrangement inequalities -- Majorization. The relative entropy.