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For the Blur documentary, see <a href="/wiki/Starshaped" title="Starshaped">Starshaped</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_domain.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Star_domain.svg/220px-Star_domain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Star_domain.svg/330px-Star_domain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Star_domain.svg/440px-Star_domain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption>A star domain (equivalently, a star-convex or star-shaped set) is not necessarily <a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">convex</a> in the ordinary sense.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Not-star-shaped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Not-star-shaped.svg/220px-Not-star-shaped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Not-star-shaped.svg/330px-Not-star-shaped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Not-star-shaped.svg/440px-Not-star-shaped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="122" data-file-height="122" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Annulus_(mathematics)" title="Annulus (mathematics)">annulus</a> is not a star domain.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Geometry" title="Geometry">geometry</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Set_(mathematics)" title="Set (mathematics)">set</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> in the <a href="/wiki/Euclidean_space" title="Euclidean space">Euclidean space</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c510b63578322050121fe966f2e5770bea43308d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.897ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"></span> is called a <b>star domain</b> (or <b>star-convex set</b>, <b>star-shaped set</b><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>radially convex set</b>) if there exists an <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/58a47244e0e0d4efe4a266ac1caeab46d72e931f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:6.485ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"></span> such that for all <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s\in S,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>S</mi> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s\in S,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/9ad060d84dec285d2822233a418fbf98689f6ddb" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:6.077ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s\in S,}"></span> the <a href="/wiki/Line_segment" title="Line segment">line segment</a> from <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/25c32f35eb134d23b3c45f1c878d59b0a112ede4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.145ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}}"></span> to <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/01d131dfd7673938b947072a13a9744fe997e632" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.09ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s}"></span> lies in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/23bbb1f0f6ebdfa78b4fed06049640f7386bb44b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.146ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S.}"></span> This definition is immediately generalizable to any <a href="/wiki/Real_number" title="Real number">real</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Complex_number" title="Complex number">complex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vector_space" title="Vector space">vector space</a>. </p><p>Intuitively, if one thinks of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> as a region surrounded by a wall, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> is a star domain if one can find a vantage point <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/25c32f35eb134d23b3c45f1c878d59b0a112ede4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.145ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}}"></span> in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> from which any point <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/01d131dfd7673938b947072a13a9744fe997e632" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.09ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s}"></span> in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> is within line-of-sight. A similar, but distinct, concept is that of a <a href="/wiki/Radial_set" title="Radial set">radial set</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_domain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Given two points <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>x</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/87f9e315fd7e2ba406057a97300593c4802b53e4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.33ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b8a6208ec717213d4317e666f1ae872e00620a0d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:1.155ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle y}"></span> in a vector space <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68baa052181f707c662844a465bfeeb135e82bab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.98ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X}"></span> (such as <a href="/wiki/Euclidean_space" title="Euclidean space">Euclidean space</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c510b63578322050121fe966f2e5770bea43308d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.897ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"></span>), the <a href="/wiki/Convex_hull" title="Convex hull">convex hull</a> of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \{x,y\}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">{</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>y</mi> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">}</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \{x,y\}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f2611cdc8fecaffa28cb0ea888dbba55f3a31077" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:5.844ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \{x,y\}}"></span> is called the <em>closed interval with endpoints <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>x</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/87f9e315fd7e2ba406057a97300593c4802b53e4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.33ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b8a6208ec717213d4317e666f1ae872e00620a0d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:1.155ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle y}"></span></em> and it is denoted by <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \left[x,y\right]~:=~\left\{tx+(1-t)y:0\leq t\leq 1\right\}~=~x+(y-x)[0,1],}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow> <mo>[</mo> <mrow> <mi>x</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> <mo>]</mo> </mrow> <mtext> </mtext> <mo>:=</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <mrow> <mo>{</mo> <mrow> <mi>t</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>−</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>y</mi> <mo>:</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>≤</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>≤</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> <mo>}</mo> </mrow> <mtext> </mtext> <mo>=</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>y</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \left[x,y\right]~:=~\left\{tx+(1-t)y:0\leq t\leq 1\right\}~=~x+(y-x)[0,1],}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ae9b1939a2d182d93450a259f78d86da8ee30add" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:58.185ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \left[x,y\right]~:=~\left\{tx+(1-t)y:0\leq t\leq 1\right\}~=~x+(y-x)[0,1],}"></span> where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle z[0,1]:=\{zt:0\leq t\leq 1\}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>z</mi> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> <mo>:=</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">{</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mi>t</mi> <mo>:</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>≤</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>≤</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">}</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle z[0,1]:=\{zt:0\leq t\leq 1\}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2856d9f08c192378162ffb32efbd386cefdd788f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:25.037ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle z[0,1]:=\{zt:0\leq t\leq 1\}}"></span> for every vector <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle z.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>z</mi> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle z.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fd7f273b229260c8fe9aa42378b0471336394cc2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.735ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle z.}"></span> </p><p>A subset <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> of a vector space <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68baa052181f707c662844a465bfeeb135e82bab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.98ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X}"></span> is said to be <em>star-shaped at</em> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/58a47244e0e0d4efe4a266ac1caeab46d72e931f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:6.485ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"></span> if for every <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s\in S,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>S</mi> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s\in S,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/9ad060d84dec285d2822233a418fbf98689f6ddb" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:6.077ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s\in S,}"></span> the closed interval <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \left[s_{0},s\right]\subseteq S.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow> <mo>[</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> <mo>]</mo> </mrow> <mo>⊆</mo> <mi>S</mi> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \left[s_{0},s\right]\subseteq S.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5098dc20ef5bd8110e1423e31d79fd4a9ed695bb" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:10.807ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \left[s_{0},s\right]\subseteq S.}"></span> A set <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> is <em>star shaped</em> and is called a <em>star domain</em> if there exists some point <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/58a47244e0e0d4efe4a266ac1caeab46d72e931f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:6.485ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}\in S}"></span> such that <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> is star-shaped at <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s_{0}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s_{0}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f80d28e828062b39ebbdb74c8155d61fe46e8285" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.792ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s_{0}.}"></span> </p><p>A set that is star-shaped at the origin is sometimes called a <em>star set</em>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchechter1996303_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchechter1996303-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such sets are closely related to <a href="/wiki/Minkowski_functional" title="Minkowski functional">Minkowski functionals</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_domain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Any line or plane in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c510b63578322050121fe966f2e5770bea43308d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.897ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"></span> is a star domain.</li> <li>A line or a plane with a single point removed is not a star domain.</li> <li>If <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7daff47fa58cdfd29dc333def748ff5fa4c923e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.743ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A}"></span> is a set in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n},}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n},}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d7035fcb9fe3ebecc6bc9f372f82d0352202c8bf" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:3.543ex; height:2.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n},}"></span> the set <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle B=\{ta:a\in A,t\in [0,1]\}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>B</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">{</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mo>:</mo> <mi>a</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>A</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">}</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle B=\{ta:a\in A,t\in [0,1]\}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/70f671ea7702e8863e696d0aa638c5b892188521" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:26.374ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle B=\{ta:a\in A,t\in [0,1]\}}"></span> obtained by connecting all points in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7daff47fa58cdfd29dc333def748ff5fa4c923e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.743ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A}"></span> to the origin is a star domain.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Cross" title="Cross">cross</a>-shaped figure is a star domain but is not convex.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Star-shaped_polygon" title="Star-shaped polygon">star-shaped polygon</a> is a star domain whose boundary is a sequence of connected line segments.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_domain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Convexity</b>: any <a href="/wiki/Empty_set" title="Empty set">non-empty</a> <a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">convex set</a> is a star domain. A set is convex if and only if it is a star domain with respect to each point in that set.</li> <li><b>Closure and interior:</b> The <a href="/wiki/Closure_(topology)" title="Closure (topology)">closure</a> of a star domain is a star domain, but the <a href="/wiki/Interior_(topology)" title="Interior (topology)">interior</a> of a star domain is not necessarily a star domain.</li> <li><b>Contraction</b>: Every star domain is a <a href="/wiki/Contractible_space" title="Contractible space">contractible</a> set, via a <a href="/wiki/Homotopy#Examples" title="Homotopy">straight-line homotopy</a>. In particular, any star domain is a <a href="/wiki/Simply_connected" class="mw-redirect" title="Simply connected">simply connected</a> set.</li> <li><b>Shrinking</b>: Every star domain, and only a star domain, can be "shrunken into itself"; that is, for every dilation ratio <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle r<1,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>r</mi> <mo><</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle r<1,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/58a16727241b4d9bae1df3e2dc766c0ec2f63fc7" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:5.956ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle r<1,}"></span> the star domain can be dilated by a ratio <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle r}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>r</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle r}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0d1ecb613aa2984f0576f70f86650b7c2a132538" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.049ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle r}"></span> such that the dilated star domain is contained in the original star domain.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Union and intersection</b>: The <a href="/wiki/Union_(set_theory)" title="Union (set theory)">union</a> or <a href="/wiki/Intersection_(set_theory)" title="Intersection (set theory)">intersection</a> of two star domains is not necessarily a star domain.</li> <li><b>Balance</b>: Given <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle W\subseteq X,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>W</mi> <mo>⊆</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle W\subseteq X,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3ea7d0af815968e41573d8536e0a4b7508f9586a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:8.161ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle W\subseteq X,}"></span> the set <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \bigcap _{|u|=1}uW}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <munder> <mo>⋂</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">|</mo> </mrow> <mi>u</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">|</mo> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </munder> <mi>u</mi> <mi>W</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \bigcap _{|u|=1}uW}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5b82e86a8029032a75d8b2635a69c8c4baab4e9c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -3.505ex; width:8.108ex; height:6.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \bigcap _{|u|=1}uW}"></span> (where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle u}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>u</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle u}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c3e6bb763d22c20916ed4f0bb6bd49d7470cffd8" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.33ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle u}"></span> ranges over all <a href="/wiki/Unit_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Unit length">unit length</a> scalars) is a <a href="/wiki/Balanced_set" title="Balanced set">balanced set</a> whenever <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle W}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>W</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle W}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/54a9c4c547f4d6111f81946cad242b18298d70b7" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.435ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle W}"></span> is a star shaped at the origin (meaning that <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle 0\in W}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mn>0</mn> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>W</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle 0\in W}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5acd8971520bbf0e6ce0345c5f2a87db7fc04ebc" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:6.438ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle 0\in W}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle rw\in W}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>r</mi> <mi>w</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>W</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle rw\in W}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/adb6447a019e6a886aa3fcf88ccf6f9802ae513d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:7.989ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle rw\in W}"></span> for all <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle 0\leq r\leq 1}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mn>0</mn> <mo>≤</mo> <mi>r</mi> <mo>≤</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle 0\leq r\leq 1}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fef84cb793dff501ac864cb13583bb6ebd47d6d4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:9.57ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle 0\leq r\leq 1}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle w\in W}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>w</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <mi>W</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle w\in W}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ff0b62771fb4b163c4f1260be1c39768e7173e3e" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:6.94ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle w\in W}"></span>).</li> <li><b>Diffeomorphism</b>: A non-empty open star domain <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle S}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>S</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle S}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4611d85173cd3b508e67077d4a1252c9c05abca2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.499ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle S}"></span> in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c510b63578322050121fe966f2e5770bea43308d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.897ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}"></span> is <a href="/wiki/Diffeomorphism" title="Diffeomorphism">diffeomorphic</a> to <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/76ef548febfc9981762740107858be9e3a5576c3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:3.543ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}.}"></span></li> <li><b>Binary operators:</b> If <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7daff47fa58cdfd29dc333def748ff5fa4c923e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.743ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle B}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>B</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle B}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/47136aad860d145f75f3eed3022df827cee94d7a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.764ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle B}"></span> are star domains, then so is the Cartesian product <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A\times B}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> <mo>×</mo> <mi>B</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A\times B}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/65f31ae45b0098f06b5d22c38d317eb097a88fa9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:6.348ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A\times B}"></span>, and the sum <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A+B}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>B</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A+B}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4279cdbd3cb8ec4c3423065d9a7d83a82cfc89e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:6.348ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A+B}"></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Linear transformations</b>: If <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7daff47fa58cdfd29dc333def748ff5fa4c923e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.743ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A}"></span> is a star domain, then so is every linear transformation of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7daff47fa58cdfd29dc333def748ff5fa4c923e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.743ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A}"></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_domain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Absolutely_convex_set" title="Absolutely convex set">Absolutely convex set</a> – Convex and balanced set</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absorbing_set" title="Absorbing set">Absorbing set</a> – Set that can be "inflated" to reach any point</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_gallery_problem" title="Art gallery problem">Art gallery problem</a> – Mathematical problem</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balanced_set" title="Balanced set">Balanced set</a> – Construct in functional analysis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounded_set_(topological_vector_space)" title="Bounded set (topological vector space)">Bounded set (topological vector space)</a> – Generalization of boundedness</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">Convex set</a> – In geometry, set whose intersection with every line is a single line segment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minkowski_functional" title="Minkowski functional">Minkowski functional</a> – Function made from a set</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radial_set" title="Radial set">Radial set</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_polygon" title="Star polygon">Star polygon</a> – Regular non-convex polygon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symmetric_set" title="Symmetric set">Symmetric set</a> – Property of group subsets (mathematics)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star-shaped_preferences" title="Star-shaped preferences">Star-shaped preferences</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson%E2%80%93Kadec_theorem" title="Anderson–Kadec theorem">Anderson–Kadec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Alaoglu_theorem" title="Banach–Alaoglu theorem">Banach–Alaoglu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_graph_theorem_(functional_analysis)" title="Closed graph theorem (functional analysis)">Closed graph theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Riesz%27s_theorem" title="F. Riesz's theorem">F. Riesz's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hahn%E2%80%93Banach_theorem" title="Hahn–Banach theorem">Hahn–Banach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hyperplane_separation_theorem" title="Hyperplane separation theorem">hyperplane separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vector-valued_Hahn%E2%80%93Banach_theorems" title="Vector-valued Hahn–Banach theorems">Vector-valued Hahn–Banach</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_mapping_theorem_(functional_analysis)" title="Open mapping theorem (functional analysis)">Open mapping (Banach–Schauder)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bounded_inverse_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Bounded inverse theorem">Bounded inverse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_boundedness_principle" title="Uniform boundedness principle">Uniform boundedness (Banach–Steinhaus)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilinear_operator" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilinear operator">Bilinear operator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilinear_form" title="Bilinear form">form</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_map" title="Linear map">Linear map</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almost_open_linear_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Almost open linear map">Almost open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounded_operator" title="Bounded operator">Bounded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuous_linear_operator" title="Continuous linear operator">Continuous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_linear_operator" title="Closed linear operator">Closed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compact_operator" title="Compact operator">Compact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Densely_defined_operator" title="Densely defined operator">Densely defined</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinuous_linear_map" title="Discontinuous linear map">Discontinuous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topological_homomorphism" title="Topological homomorphism">Topological homomorphism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Functional_(mathematics)" title="Functional (mathematics)">Functional</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linear_form" title="Linear form">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilinear_form" title="Bilinear form">Bilinear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sesquilinear_form" title="Sesquilinear form">Sesquilinear</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_(mathematics)" title="Norm (mathematics)">Norm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminorm" title="Seminorm">Seminorm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sublinear_function" title="Sublinear function">Sublinear function</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transpose_of_a_linear_map" title="Transpose of a linear map">Transpose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Absolutely_convex_set" title="Absolutely convex set">Absolutely convex/disk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absorbing_set" title="Absorbing set">Absorbing/Radial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affine_space" title="Affine space">Affine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balanced_set" title="Balanced set">Balanced/Circled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_normed_space" title="Auxiliary normed space">Banach disks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounding_point" title="Bounding point">Bounding points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounded_set_(topological_vector_space)" title="Bounded set (topological vector space)">Bounded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complemented_subspace" title="Complemented subspace">Complemented subspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">Convex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convex_cone" title="Convex cone">Convex cone <span style="font-size:85%;">(subset)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cone_(linear_algebra)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cone (linear algebra)">Linear cone <span style="font-size:85%;">(subset)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_point" title="Extreme point">Extreme point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totally_bounded_space#Topological_vector_spaces" title="Totally bounded space">Pre-compact/Totally bounded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prevalent_and_shy_sets" title="Prevalent and shy sets">Prevalent/Shy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radial_set" title="Radial set">Radial</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Radially convex/Star-shaped</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symmetric_set" title="Symmetric set">Symmetric</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Set operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affine_hull" title="Affine hull">Affine hull</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Algebraic_interior#Relative_algebraic_interior" title="Algebraic interior">Relative</a>) <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_interior" title="Algebraic interior">Algebraic interior (core)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convex_hull" title="Convex hull">Convex hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_span" title="Linear span">Linear span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minkowski_addition" title="Minkowski addition">Minkowski addition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_set" title="Polar set">Polar</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Algebraic_interior#Quasi_relative_interior" title="Algebraic interior">Quasi</a>) <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_interior#Relative_interior" title="Algebraic interior">Relative interior</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of TVSs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asplund_space" title="Asplund space">Asplund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptak_space" title="Ptak space">B-complete/Ptak</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/FK-AK_space" title="FK-AK space">FK-AK space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FK-space" title="FK-space">FK-space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9chet_space" title="Fréchet space">Fréchet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Differentiation_in_Fr%C3%A9chet_spaces#Tame_Fréchet_spaces" title="Differentiation in Fréchet spaces">tame Fréchet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grothendieck_space" title="Grothendieck space">Grothendieck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilbert_space" title="Hilbert space">Hilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infrabarreled_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrabarreled space">Infrabarreled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interpolation_space" title="Interpolation space">Interpolation space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-space_(functional_analysis)" title="K-space (functional analysis)">K-space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LB-space" title="LB-space">LB-space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LF-space" title="LF-space">LF-space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locally_convex_topological_vector_space" title="Locally convex topological vector space">Locally convex space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackey_space" title="Mackey space">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metrizable_topological_vector_space" title="Metrizable topological vector space">(Pseudo)Metrizable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montel_space" title="Montel space">Montel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasibarrelled_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Quasibarrelled space">Quasibarrelled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasi-complete" class="mw-redirect" title="Quasi-complete">Quasi-complete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasinorm" title="Quasinorm">Quasinormed</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Polynomially_reflexive_space" title="Polynomially reflexive space">Polynomially</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-reflexive_space" title="Semi-reflexive space">Semi-</a>) <a href="/wiki/Reflexive_space" title="Reflexive space">Reflexive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riesz_space" title="Riesz 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href="/wiki/Locally_convex_topological_vector_space" title="Locally convex topological vector space">Locally convex topological vector space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simplex" title="Simplex">Simplex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convex_conjugate" title="Convex conjugate">Convex conjugate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concave_function" title="Concave function">Concave</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Closed_convex_function" title="Closed convex function">Closed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-convex_function" title="K-convex function">K-</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logarithmically_convex_function" title="Logarithmically convex function">Logarithmically</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proper_convex_function" title="Proper convex function">Proper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoconvex_function" title="Pseudoconvex function">Pseudo-</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasiconvex_function" title="Quasiconvex function">Quasi-</a>) <a href="/wiki/Convex_function" title="Convex function">Convex function</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invex_function" title="Invex function">Invex function</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendre_transformation" title="Legendre transformation">Legendre transformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-continuity" title="Semi-continuity">Semi-continuity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subderivative" title="Subderivative">Subderivative</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main <a href="/wiki/Category:Theorems_involving_convexity" title="Category:Theorems involving convexity">results (list)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carath%C3%A9odory%27s_theorem_(convex_hull)" title="Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull)">Carathéodory's theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekeland%27s_variational_principle" title="Ekeland's variational principle">Ekeland's variational principle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenchel%E2%80%93Moreau_theorem" title="Fenchel–Moreau theorem">Fenchel–Moreau theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenchel-Young_inequality" class="mw-redirect" title="Fenchel-Young inequality">Fenchel-Young inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jensen%27s_inequality" title="Jensen's inequality">Jensen's inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermite%E2%80%93Hadamard_inequality" title="Hermite–Hadamard inequality">Hermite–Hadamard inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krein%E2%80%93Milman_theorem" title="Krein–Milman theorem">Krein–Milman theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazur%27s_lemma" title="Mazur's lemma">Mazur's lemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Folkman_lemma" title="Shapley–Folkman lemma">Shapley–Folkman lemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursescu_theorem#Robinson–Ursescu_theorem" title="Ursescu theorem">Robinson–Ursescu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursescu_theorem#Simons'_theorem" title="Ursescu theorem">Simons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursescu_theorem" title="Ursescu theorem">Ursescu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convex_hull" title="Convex hull">Convex hull</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Orthogonally_convex_set" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthogonally convex set">Orthogonally</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pseudoconvexity" title="Pseudoconvexity">Pseudo-</a>) <a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">Convex set</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effective_domain" title="Effective domain">Effective domain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epigraph_(mathematics)" title="Epigraph (mathematics)">Epigraph</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Convex_series#Types_of_subsets" title="Convex series">(lower) ideally convex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Convex_series#Types_of_subsets" title="Convex series">(H<i>x</i>)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Convex_series#Types_of_subsets" title="Convex series">(Hw<i>x</i>)</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duality_(optimization)" title="Duality (optimization)">Duality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dual_system" title="Dual system">Dual system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duality_gap" title="Duality gap">Duality gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strong_duality" title="Strong duality">Strong duality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weak_duality" title="Weak duality">Weak duality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applications and related</th><td 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