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:::::::I don't know where you get the mistaken idea that the article is primarily about algebra. It discusses convex functions and minimization problems, which are both covered in most university level calculus courses. In response to your second point, this argument could be applied to any article in a specialized topic area. However, such articles exist in abundance, are indeed consistent with Wikipedia's mission. [[User:Sławomir Biały|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Sławomir Biały</span>]] ([[User talk:Sławomir Biały|talk]]) 17:54, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
::::::::Probably because both the jargon and notation is substantially algebraic. Yes, it can and should "be applied to any article in a specialized topic area". Look at [[General relativity]] -- an intensely mathematical topic, but articulated with a minimal usage of mathematical notation, and a very large amount of explanation. <font face="Antiqua, serif">''[[User:Hrafn|Hrafn]]<sup>[[User talk:Hrafn|Talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Hrafn|Stalk]]</sub><sup>''('''[[M:Precisionism|P]]''')</sup></font> 18:50, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, there isn't a single notion from abstract algebra in the article. The gradient, local minima, and convexity are all notions of elementary calculus. The comparison with general relativity is specious for a number of reasons. [[General relativity]] is a top-level article to a very broad subject area. A better comparison would be with the article [[Kerr-Newman metric]], which is naturally much more technical. Moreover, asking that this article that is just hours old be of comparable quality to a featured article that has existed for ten years with thousands of edits is clearly an unreasonable demand. Progress in Wikipedia is incremental, and demanding that articles start out fully formed featured articles is counterproductive to our general development model. The paucity of articles on basic optimization theory clearly indicates that we need to do more to encourage the growth of articles in this area, rather than jumping the gun on AfD's and unjustified cleanup template messages. [[User:Sławomir Biały|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Sławomir Biały</span>]] ([[User talk:Sławomir Biały|talk]]) 19:
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::Oh, and according to [[Miscellaneous Technical (Unicode block)]], the symbols I'm missing are 'KEYBOARD' (2328) & 'LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET' (2329). Why these would appear in a mathematical article, or be expected in a standard OS installation or web browser, I don't know. <font face="Antiqua, serif">''[[User:Hrafn|Hrafn]]<sup>[[User talk:Hrafn|Talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Hrafn|Stalk]]</sub><sup>''('''[[M:Precisionism|P]]''')</sup></font> 16:44, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
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