The closure of a function is pointwise below the function itself.
Text 7.0.12: For any extended-real-valued function f : ℝ^n → [-∞, +∞],
one has cl f ≤ f. Moreover, if f₁ ≤ f₂, then cl f₁ ≤ cl f₂.
In addition, inf_{x ∈ ℝ^n} f x = inf_{x ∈ ℝ^n} (cl f) x. Here cl f
is convexFunctionClosure f.
Text 7.0.13: If f : ℝ → [-∞, +∞] is defined by f(x) = 0 for x > 0 and
f(x) = +∞ for x ≤ 0, then cl f agrees with f except at the origin, where
(cl f)(0) = 0 rather than +∞.
Points in the closure of the unit ball are frequently in the unit ball.
Points outside the closure of the unit ball have a neighborhood outside it.
On the closure of the unit ball, the liminf of f is 0.
Outside the closure of the unit ball, the liminf of f is ⊤.
Text 7.0.14: If C is the unit disk in ℝ^2 and f(x) = 0 for x ∈ C while
f(x) = +∞ for x ∉ C (with arbitrary boundary values), then cl f(x) = 0 for all
x ∈ cl C and +∞ elsewhere.