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Functions - Gradient, Jacobian and Hessian

The document defines and provides notation for three types of functions: functions from real numbers to real numbers, functions from n-dimensional real space to real numbers, and functions from n-dimensional real space to m-dimensional real space. It also defines notation for the gradient, Hessian, Jacobian, composition of functions, and evaluation of a function at a point.

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Functions - Gradient, Jacobian and Hessian

The document defines and provides notation for three types of functions: functions from real numbers to real numbers, functions from n-dimensional real space to real numbers, and functions from n-dimensional real space to m-dimensional real space. It also defines notation for the gradient, Hessian, Jacobian, composition of functions, and evaluation of a function at a point.

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net/functions/

Value-at-Risk
Second Edi on – by Glyn A. Holton

2.2.4 Functions
Notation to indicate that a function f maps elements of a set A to elements
of a set B is:

[2.4]
A is the function’s domain; B contains its range. We are primarily inter-
ested in three types of functions:

functions from to ,
n
functions from to ,
n
functions from to m.

We call functions of the first form real—they map real numbers to real
numbers. The natural logarithm function is a real function, which we de-
note log. We do not employ the logarithm base 10. If a function f has an
inverse, we denote this f –1. The derivative of a real function f may be in-
dicated with differential notation or simply as f ′. 2 We indicate the value
of a function f at a particular point a as either f(a) or f |a. The former is
read as “f of a“. The latter is read as “f evaluated at a“.

Consider f : p → m and g : n → p. The composition of f and g is


the function f ◦ g from n to m defined as

[2.5]

The gradient f and Hessian 2f of a function f : n → are the vector


of its first partial derivatives and matrix of its second partial derivatives:

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[2.6]

The Hessian is symmetric if the second partials are continuous.


n m
The Jacobian of a function f : → is the matrix of its first par-
tial derivatives.

[2.7]

n
Note that the Hessian of a function f : → is the Jacobian of its gra-
dient.

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