Definition:Legendre Transform

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Definition

Let $\map f x$ be a strictly convex real function.

Let $p = \map {f'} x$.

Let $\map {f^*} p = - \map f{\map x p} + p \map x p$.





The Legendre Transform on $x$ and $f$ is the mapping of the variable and function pair:

$\paren{x, \map f x} \to \paren{p, \map {f^*} p}$





Source of Name

This entry was named for Adrien-Marie Legendre.


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