Function is Convex iff Epigraph is Convex

Theorem

Let $f$ be a real-valued function.

Then $f$ is convex if and only if its epigraph is convex.

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Proof

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Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): epigraph