Bauer's maximum principle is a theorem in mathematical optimization stating that any function that is convex and continuous, and defined on a set that is convex and compact, attains its maximum at some extreme point of that set. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Bauer's maximum principle is the following theorem in mathematical optimization: Any function that is convex and continuous, and defined on a set that is convex and compact, attains its maximum at some extreme point of that set.
Proved By: Heinz Bauer, Lead sentence
It is attributed to the German mathematician Heinz Bauer.
Principal Result Of: Heinz Bauer, Lead sentence of the article on the result
It is attributed to the German mathematician Heinz Bauer.
In Branch: Optimization, Lead sentence
rinciple is the following theorem in mathematical optimization: Any function that is convex and continuous, and defined on a set t
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