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Concave


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A set in R^d is concave if it does not contain all the line segments connecting any pair of its points. If the set does contain all the line segments, it is called convex.


See also

Connected Set, Convex Function, Concave Polygon, Convex Hull, Convex Optimization Theory, Convex Polygon, Delaunay Triangulation, Simply Connected

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Concave." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Concave.html

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