convexity

Lawrence E. Blume
From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008
Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume
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convexity; duality; existence of equilibrium; hyperplanes; large economies; Lyapunov's theorem; optimization; quasi-concavity; quasi-convexity; Shapley–Folkman theorem
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Blume, Lawrence E. "convexity." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Second Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. Palgrave Macmillan. 21 May 2013 <http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_C000508> doi:10.1057/9780230226203.0315

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