Thisbookisaboutconvexoptimization,aspecialclassofmathematicaloptimizationproblems,whichincludesleast-squaresandlinearprogrammingproblems.Itiswellknownthatleast-squaresandlinearprogrammingproblemshaveafairlycompletetheory,ariseinavarietyofapplications,andcanbesolvednumericallyveryefficie