When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Envelope theorem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_theorem

    Envelope theorem. In mathematics and economics, the envelope theorem is a major result about the differentiability properties of the value function of a parameterized optimization problem. [1] As we change parameters of the objective, the envelope theorem shows that, in a certain sense, changes in the optimizer of the objective do not ...

  3. Envelope (mathematics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_(mathematics)

    Envelope (mathematics) Construction of the envelope of a family of curves. In geometry, an envelope of a planar family of curves is a curve that is tangent to each member of the family at some point, and these points of tangency together form the whole envelope. Classically, a point on the envelope can be thought of as the intersection of two ...

  4. Lagrange multiplier - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_multiplier

    Lagrange multiplier. In mathematical optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers is a strategy for finding the local maxima and minima of a function subject to equation constraints (i.e., subject to the condition that one or more equations have to be satisfied exactly by the chosen values of the variables). [1]

  5. Moreau envelope - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreau_envelope

    The Moreau envelope has important applications in mathematical optimization: minimizing over and minimizing over are equivalent problems in the sense that the sets of minimizers of and are the same. However, first-order optimization algorithms can be directly applied to , since may be non-differentiable while is always continuously differentiable.

  6. Optimal stopping - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_stopping

    In mathematics, the theory of optimal stopping[1][2] or early stopping[3] is concerned with the problem of choosing a time to take a particular action, in order to maximise an expected reward or minimise an expected cost. Optimal stopping problems can be found in areas of statistics, economics, and mathematical finance (related to the pricing ...

  7. Fermi problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem

    Fermi problem. A Fermi problem (or Fermi quiz, Fermi question, Fermi estimate), also known as a order-of-magnitude problem (or order-of-magnitude estimate, order estimation), is an estimation problem in physics or engineering education, designed to teach dimensional analysis or approximation of extreme scientific calculations.

  8. Two envelopes problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem

    In this derivation, ({,}) / is the probability that the envelope pair is the pair 1 and 2, and envelope A happens to contain 2; ({,}) / is the probability that the envelope pair is the pair 2 and 4, and (again) envelope A happens to contain 2. Those are the only two ways that envelope A can end up containing the amount 2.

  9. Clairaut's equation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairaut's_equation

    t. e. In mathematical analysis, Clairaut's equation (or the Clairaut equation) is a differential equation of the form. where is continuously differentiable. It is a particular case of the Lagrange differential equation. It is named after the French mathematician Alexis Clairaut, who introduced it in 1734. [1]