Fonction convexevignette|upright=1.5|droite|Fonction convexe. En mathématiques, une fonction réelle d'une variable réelle est dite convexe : si quels que soient deux points et du graphe de la fonction, le segment est entièrement situé au-dessus du graphe, c’est-à-dire que la courbe représentative de la fonction se situe toujours en dessous de ses cordes ; ou si l'épigraphe de la fonction (l'ensemble des points qui sont au-dessus de son graphe) est un ensemble convexe ; ou si vu d'en dessous, le graphe de la fonction est en bosse.
Cosmological argumentA cosmological argument, in natural theology, is an argument which claims that the existence of God can be inferred from facts concerning causation, explanation, change, motion, contingency, dependency, or finitude with respect to the universe or some totality of objects. A cosmological argument can also sometimes be referred to as an argument from universal causation, an argument from first cause, the causal argument, or prime mover argument.
Kalam cosmological argumentThe Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic scholasticism) from which its key ideas originated. William Lane Craig was principally responsible for giving new life to the argument, due to his The Kalām Cosmological Argument (1979), among other writings. The argument's key underpinning idea is the metaphysical impossibility of actual infinities and of a temporally past-infinite universe, traced by Craig to 11th-century Persian Muslim scholastic philosopher Al-Ghazali.
