English Explanatory Dictionary

Popoviciu's inequality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A particular inequality about convex functions, similar to Jensen's inequality.
  2. An upper bound on the variance of any bounded probability distribution.

Word forms

Popoviciu's inequality

Etymology

Named after Romanian mathematician Tiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975).

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