The problem is considered of maximizing a function in a convex region. To solve this problem a new method is developed, to be called "method of feasible directions". It is a method of steep ascent.

Financial executive pay is a convex function of profits if recipients get a greater increment in pay when returns are high as opposed to moderate, compared with when returns are moderate as opposed to ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul., 1974), pp. 131-137 (7 pages) A necessary condition and a sufficient condition for the pseudo-convexity of a function are given. These ...