The base of nonempty vertical sections equals the effective domain.
Relative interior of a vertical section is the strict inequality when f x < ⊤.
Lemma 7.3. For any convex function f, ri (epi f) consists of the pairs (x, μ)
such that x ∈ ri (dom f) and f x < μ < ∞.
The embedded epigraph used in riEpigraph is convex.
The open half-space defined by the last coordinate is open.
Build a point of the embedded epigraph lying strictly below height α.
Corollary 7.3.1: Let α be a real number, and let f be a convex function such that,
for some x, f x < α. Then there exists x ∈ ri (dom f) with f x < α.
Corollary 7.3.2. Let f be a convex function, and let C be a convex set such that
ri C ⊆ dom f. Let α ∈ ℝ be such that f x < α for some x ∈ cl C. Then f x < α
for some x ∈ ri C.
If f is finite on C, then ri C lies in the effective domain of f.
Corollary 7.3.3. Let f be a convex function on ℝ^n, and let C be a convex set on
which f is finite. If f x ≥ α for every x ∈ C, then also f x ≥ α for every
x ∈ cl C.
If a convex function has a bottom value, then it attains ⊥ on ri (dom f).
Agreement on ri (dom f) yields equality of ri (epi f).
Relative interior equality gives closure equality for embedded epigraphs.