Text 11.0.1: Let C₁ and C₂ be non-empty sets in ℝ^n. A hyperplane H is said to
separate C₁ and C₂ if C₁ is contained in one of the closed half-spaces associated with H
and C₂ lies in the opposite closed half-space.
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Text 11.0.2: A hyperplane H is said to separate C₁ and C₂ properly if C₁ and C₂
are not both actually contained in H itself.
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- HyperplaneSeparatesProperly n H C₁ C₂ = (HyperplaneSeparates n H C₁ C₂ ∧ ¬(C₁ ⊆ H ∧ C₂ ⊆ H))
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Extract the "properness" clause from HyperplaneSeparatesProperly: the two sets cannot both
lie entirely in the separating hyperplane.
Text 11.1.1: Proper separation allows that one (but not both) of the sets be contained in the separating hyperplane itself.
Text 11.0.3: A hyperplane H is said to separate C₁ and C₂ strongly if there exists
ε > 0 such that C₁ + ε B is contained in one of the open half-spaces associated with H
and C₂ + ε B is contained in the opposite open half-space, where B is the unit Euclidean
ball {x | ‖x‖ ≤ 1}. (Here Cᵢ + ε B consists of points x such that ‖x - y‖ ≤ ε for at
least one y ∈ Cᵢ.)
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Any point in C11_1_2_C1 has strictly positive first coordinate.
Any point in C11_1_2_C1 satisfies the equivalent inequality x0⁻¹ ≤ x1.
The sets C11_1_2_C1 and C11_1_2_C2 are closed and convex and disjoint.
Any ε-thickening of C11_1_2_C1 and C11_1_2_C2 intersects (hence no strong separation).
The counterexample sets cannot be separated strongly by any hyperplane.
Text 11.1.2: Not every pair of disjoint closed convex sets can be separated strongly.
Put a properly separating hyperplane in a consistent "oriented" form:
C₁ lies in {x | β ≤ x ⬝ᵥ b} and C₂ lies in {x | x ⬝ᵥ b ≤ β}.
If C₁ lies in {x | β ≤ x ⬝ᵥ b} and C₂ lies in {x | x ⬝ᵥ b ≤ β}, then the extended
infimum of x ⬝ᵥ b over C₁ is at least the extended supremum over C₂.
Properness forces strict separation between the extended sSup on C₁ and extended sInf
on C₂ under the same half-space inclusions.
Build a properly separating hyperplane from EReal inf/sup inequalities (Theorem 11.1).
Theorem 11.1: Let C₁ and C₂ be non-empty sets in ℝ^n.
There exists a hyperplane separating C₁ and C₂ properly if and only if there exists a
vector b such that:
(a) inf {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₁} ≥ sup {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₂},
(b) sup {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₁} > inf {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₂}.
There exists a hyperplane separating C₁ and C₂ strongly if and only if there exists a
vector b such that:
(c) inf {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₁} > sup {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₂}.
Theorem 11.1 (strong separation): Let C₁ and C₂ be non-empty sets in ℝ^n. There exists
a hyperplane separating C₁ and C₂ strongly if and only if there exists a vector b such that
inf {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₁} > sup {⟪x, b⟫ | x ∈ C₂}.
If x₀ lies outside the affine span of a nonempty set S, there is a continuous linear
functional which is constant on affineSpan ℝ S and strictly separates x₀ from S.
If C is relatively open in its affine span, then translating by a point c0 ∈ C yields an
open subset of the direction submodule (affineSpan ℝ C).direction.
If O is open in the direction submodule V0, then its image in the mapped direction
Submodule.map π V0 is open. This is the key topological step in the hard case of Theorem 11.2.