Logarithmically concave measure Logarithmically concave measure In mathematics, a Borel measure "μ" on "n"-dimensional Euclidean space formula_1 is called logarithmically concave (or log-concave for short) if, for any compact subsets "A" and "B" of formula_1 and 0 < "λ" < 1, one has where "λ" "A" + (1 − "λ") "B" denotes the Minkowski sum of "λ" "A" and (1 − "λ") "B". The Brunn–Minkowski inequality asserts that the Lebesgue measure is log-concave. The restriction of the Lebesgue measure to any convex set is also log-concave. By a theorem of Borell, a measure is log-concave if and only if it has a density
Compound refractive lens the order of meters, by using many lenses in series. To minimize the absorption the lens must be made from a material such as aluminium, beryllium, or lithium. CRLs were first demonstrated in the mid-1990s by a group of scientists at the ESRF. They drilled holes in an aluminium block, and achieved focusing in two dimensions. For X-rays a concave lens focuses the X-rays because the index of refraction is slightly below unity. In a CRL of this type the walls between the cylindrical holes act as concave lenses for X-rays traveling perpendicular to the axis of the drilled cylinders.