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Jensen's inequality

Jensen's inequality proper noun: an inequality that relates the value of a convex function of an integral to the integral of the convex function.

Proper noun

Jensen's inequality

  1. An inequality that relates the value of a convex function of an integral to the integral of the convex function.

Origin of Jensen's inequality

Named after Johan Jensen, the Danish mathematician who proved it in 1906.

Questions about Jensen's inequality

What does Jensen's inequality mean?
Jensen's inequality means an inequality that relates the value of a convex function of an integral to the integral of the convex function.
What part of speech is Jensen's inequality?
Jensen's inequality is a proper noun.

Words near Jensen's inequality in the dictionary

  1. Jensen Beach
  2. Jensen's alpha
  3. Jensen's alphas
  4. Jensen's device
  5. Jensen's formula
  6. Jensen's inequality
  7. Jensenism
  8. jensenite
  9. Jenson
  10. Jenssen
  11. Jent

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