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Quasi-Concave Function


A real-valued function g defined on a convex subset C subset R^n is said to be quasi-concave if for all real alpha in R, the set {x in C:g(x)>=alpha} is convex. This is equivalent to saying that g is quasi-concave if and only if its negative -g is quasi-convex.


See also

Convex, Convex Function, Pseudoconcave Function, Pseudoconvex Function, Quasi-Convex Function

This entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Borwein, J. and Lewis, A. Convex Analysis and Nonlinear Optimization: Theory and Examples. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 2006.

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Stover, Christopher. "Quasi-Concave Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Quasi-ConcaveFunction.html

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