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Extreme point

In mathematics, an extreme point of a convex set S in a real vector space is a point in S which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points of S. In linear programming problems, an extreme point is also called vertex or corner point of S.Let E be a Banach space with the Radon-Nikodym property, let C be a separable, closed, bounded, convex subset of E, and let a be a point in C. Then there is a probability measure p on the universally measurable sets in C such that a is the barycenter of p, and the set of extreme points of C has p-measure 1. In mathematics, an extreme point of a convex set S in a real vector space is a point in S which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points of S. In linear programming problems, an extreme point is also called vertex or corner point of S. The Krein–Milman theorem is stated for locally convex topological vector spaces. The next theorems are stated for Banach spaces with the Radon–Nikodym property:

[ "Mathematical optimization", "Topology", "Mathematical analysis", "Algebra" ]
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