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Let be a real-valued convex function defined on an open interval of the real line. Such a function need not be differentiable at all points: For example, the absolute value function is non-differentiable when . However, as seen in the graph on the right (where in blue has non-differentiable kinks similar to the absolute value function), for any in the domain of the function one can draw a line which goes through the point

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