"Jensen's inequality" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after Johan Jensen, the Danish mathematician who proved it in 1906. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Jensen's inequality}} Jensen's inequality
  1. (mathematics) An inequality that relates the value of a convex function of an integral to the integral of the convex function. Wikipedia link: Jensen's inequality, Johan Jensen Translations (inequality): неравенство на Йенсен (neravenstvo na Jensen) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
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