Convex measure same thing as it being a logarithmically concave measure. The classes of "s"-convex measures form a nested increasing family as "s" decreases to −∞" or, equivalently Thus, the collection of −∞-convex measures is the largest such class, whereas the 0-convex measures (the logarithmically concave measures) are the smallest class. The convexity of a measure "μ" on "n"-dimensional Euclidean space R in the sense above is closely related to the convexity of its probability density function. Indeed, "μ" is "s"-convex if and only if there is an absolutely continuous measure "ν" with probability density function "ρ" on some R so that
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.