Defn 12.1: A closed half-space in ℝ^(n+1) (written with coordinates (x, μ) where
x ∈ ℝ^n and μ ∈ ℝ) is classified into three types by its defining inequality:
- (Vertical) a set
{(x, μ) | ⟪x, b⟫ ≤ β}withb ≠ 0; - (Upper) a set
{(x, μ) | μ ≥ ⟪x, b⟫ - β}(the epigraph of an affine function); - (Lower) a set
{(x, μ) | μ ≤ ⟪x, b⟫ - β}.
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The three half-space types (vertical, upper, lower) are pairwise incompatible.
Text 12.0.1: Every closed half-space in ℝ^(n+1) belongs to exactly one of the following
categories: vertical, upper, or lower.
The epigraph {(x, μ) | f x ≤ μ} of a convex lower-semicontinuous function is closed and convex.
Any point strictly below the epigraph can be strictly separated by an affine minorant.
Theorem 12.1. A closed convex function f is the pointwise supremum of the collection of all
affine maps h such that h ≤ f.
clConv n f is a Lean stand-in for the book's cl (conv f) for an extended-real-valued
function f : ℝ^n → [-∞, ∞]. It is defined pointwise as the supremum of all affine functions
majorized by f.
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The Real-valued function x ↦ (f x).toReal is convex on the effective domain
of a proper convex function f.
If x0 lies in the intrinsic interior of the effective domain of a proper convex function,
then the point (x0, f x0 - 1) lies outside the closure of the epigraph.
Corollary 12.1.2. Given any proper convex function f on ℝ^n, there exist b : ℝ^n and
β : ℝ such that f x ≥ ⟪x, b⟫ - β for every x.
Text 12.1.1: If f is the indicator function of a convex set C and
h x = ⟪x, b⟫ - β, then h ≤ f if and only if h x ≤ 0 for every x ∈ C,
i.e. if and only if C ⊆ {x | ⟪x, b⟫ ≤ β}.
Text 12.1.2: Let f be a function on ℝ^n (contextually: closed convex), and let
h x = ⟪x, x*⟫ - μ* be an affine function. Then h is majorized by f (i.e. h x ≤ f x for
every x) if and only if
μ* ≥ sup {⟪x, x*⟫ - f x | x ∈ ℝ^n}.