Corollary 12.2.1. The conjugacy operation f ↦ f* (here f* = fenchelConjugate n f)
induces a symmetric one-to-one correspondence in the class of all closed proper convex functions
on ℝ^n.
Taking the convex-function closure does not change the Fenchel conjugate.
The effective domain of x ↦ if x ∈ ri(dom f) then f x else ⊤ is exactly ri(dom f).
Relative interior is idempotent for convex sets in Euclidean space.
Corollary 12.2.2. For a convex function f on ℝ^n, one can compute the Fenchel conjugate
f*(x*) = sup_x (⟪x, x*⟫ - f x) by restricting to points x in ri (dom f). Here
f* = fenchelConjugate n f, dom f = effectiveDomain Set.univ f, and
ri = intrinsicInterior ℝ.
Text 12.2.2: The set 𝓦 of all pairs (f, g) satisfying the generalized Fenchel inequality.
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A minimal generalized Fenchel pair has some point where the first component is not ⊤.
A minimal generalized Fenchel pair has some point where the second component is not ⊤.
Under the generalized Fenchel inequality, swapping the pair preserves the property.
Text 12.2.2: For 𝓦 the set of pairs satisfying the generalized Fenchel inequality, ordered by
(f', g') ≼ (f, g) meaning f' ≤ f and g' ≤ g pointwise, a pair is a minimal element of 𝓦
if and only if f and g are mutually conjugate, i.e. g = f^* and f = g^* (here f^* is
fenchelConjugate).
Text 12.2.3 (Fenchel's inequality): For any proper convex function f on ℝ^n and its
conjugate f*, the inequality ⟪x, x*⟫ ≤ f x + f*(x*) holds for every x ∈ ℝ^n and every
x* ∈ ℝ^n. Here the conjugate f* is represented by fenchelConjugate n f.
The Fenchel conjugate of the indicator of a set is the supremum of the dot product over that set.
Text 12.2.3 (indicator function of a subspace): Let f be the indicator function of a
subspace L of ℝ^n, i.e. f(x) = δ(x | L). Then the conjugate function f* is the indicator
function of the orthogonal complement L^{⊥} (the set of vectors x* such that ⟪x, x*⟫ = 0
for all x ∈ L), denoted δ(· | L^{⊥}).