Convex Optimization
Boyd and Vanderberghe
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Convex Optimization" by S. Boyd and L. Vandenberghe: the standard for learning convex optimization (also available as a free PDF from the author's website)
A couple of chapters of Convex Optimization would be educational.
Convex optimization is a standard tool for theoretical physicists doing quantum information and quantum computing. And B & V is the standard reference.
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