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Concave

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A concave set (it has a dent).


The word concave means curving in or hollowed inward. The term is most commonly used to refer to:

In addition, the term concave upwards is used for convex functions, and concave downwards for concave functions.

See also

  • Convex — the opposite of concave.

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