Schur-convex function if and only if formula_6 for all formula_7 holds for all 1≤"i"≠"j"≤"d". Schur-convex function In mathematics, a Schur-convex function, also known as S-convex, isotonic function and order-preserving function is a function formula_1 that for all formula_2 such that formula_3 is majorized by formula_4, one has that formula_5. Named after Issai Schur, Schur-convex functions are used in the study of majorization. Every function that is convex and symmetric is also Schur-convex. The opposite implication is not true, but all Schur-convex functions are symmetric (under permutations of the arguments). A function "f" is 'Schur-concave' if its negative, -"f", is Schur-convex. If "f"
Lens (optics) real object at the location of that virtual image. Likewise, it appears to a subsequent lens as if it were an object at that location, so that second lens could again focus that light into a real image, "S" then being measured from the virtual image location behind the first lens to the second lens. This is exactly what the eye does when looking through a magnifying glass. The magnifying glass creates a (magnified) virtual image behind the magnifying glass, but those rays are then re-imaged by the lens of the eye to create a "real image" on the retina.