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About the sum of quasiconvex functions

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  • García Ramos, Yboon

    (Universidad del Pacífico)

  • Flores-Bazán, Fabian

    (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)

  • Nicolas Hadjisavvas

    (University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece)

Abstract

We provide conditions under which the sum of two quasiconvex functions is also a quasiconvex function.

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  • García Ramos, Yboon & Flores-Bazán, Fabian & Nicolas Hadjisavvas, 2017. "About the sum of quasiconvex functions," Working Papers 17-07, Centro de Investigación, Universidad del Pacífico.
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