Alexandrov theorem

In mathematical analysis, the Alexandrov theorem, named after Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, states that if Template:Mvar is an open subset of ${ℝ}^n$ and $f:U\to {ℝ}^m$ is a convex function, then $f$ has a second derivative almost everywhere.

In this context, having a second derivative at a point means having a second-order Taylor expansion at that point with a local error smaller than any quadratic.

The result is closely related to Rademacher's theorem.

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