Proposition 9.0.0.1. For a convex set C and linear map A, one has
ri (A '' C) = A '' ri C, while in general only closure (A '' C) ⊇ A '' closure C
(Theorem 6.6); the text asks when equality holds and when the image of a closed convex
set is closed.
The projected epigraph is not closed, and the induced Ah is not lsc at 0.
Example 9.0.0.2. Let h : R^2 -> (-infty, +infty] be given by
h(x) = exp[-(xi1 * xi2)^(1/2)] for x = (xi1, xi2) ≥ 0, and h(x) = +infty otherwise.
For the projection A (xi1, xi2) = xi1 and B (x, mu) = (A x, mu), the image of
epi h under B need not be closed (even though h is closed proper convex), and the
image function (Ah) satisfies (Ah)(xi1) = 0 for xi1 > 0, (Ah)(0) = 1,
and (Ah)(xi1) = +infty for xi1 < 0, so (Ah) is not lower semicontinuous at 0.
If x0 minimizes h on the fiber A x = y, then the vertical section of F
is the closed half-line starting at h x0.
If the vertical section is a closed half-line, then h attains its infimum
on the fiber A x = y.
Proposition 9.0.0.3. The value (A h)(y) is the infimum of h on the affine set
{x | A x = y}; the infimum is attained iff the vertical line {(y, mu) | mu ∈ Real}
meets F in a closed half-line (or is empty), which would hold if F is closed and
has no downward direction of recession.
Example 9.0.0.4. The closed convex set
C = {(xi1, xi2) | xi1 > 0, xi2 ≥ xi1^{-1}} in ℝ^2 has nonclosed projection
A (xi1, xi2) = xi1; the difficulty is that C is asymptotic to a vertical line,
and the recession cone condition rules out directions (0,1) and (0,-1).
Theorem 9.1. Let C be a non-empty convex set in ℝ^n, and let A be a linear
transformation from ℝ^n to ℝ^m. Assume that every non-zero vector z ∈ 0+ (cl C)
satisfying Az = 0 belongs to the lineality space of cl C. Then cl (A C) = A (cl C)
and 0+ (A (cl C)) = A (0+ (cl C)). In particular, if C is closed, and z = 0 is the
only z ∈ 0+ C such that Az = 0, then A C is closed.
Kernel intersection of the recession cone equals the kernel intersection of the lineality space under the kernel-lineality hypothesis.
Projecting along lin(closure C) ∩ ker A preserves the image of closure C.
The recession cone of a submodule is the submodule itself.
The approximation sets near a closure point of the image are closed and bounded.
Closure of the image equals the image of the closure under the kernel-lineality hypothesis.
The recession cone of a convex set is closed under addition.