Text 13.3.1: A convex function f is called co-finite if f is closed and proper and
epi f contains no non-vertical half-lines; equivalently, its recession function f₀⁺ satisfies
f₀⁺(y) = +∞ for all y ≠ 0.
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If f is proper on univ, then its effective domain is nonempty.
Text 13.3.2: Let f : ℝ^n → (-∞, +∞] be closed, proper, and convex. If dom f is bounded,
then f is co-finite.
If f* is finite everywhere (no ⊥ and dom f* = univ), then f is proper.
Corollary 13.3.1. Let f be a closed convex function on ℝ^n. Then f^* is finite
everywhere (equivalently dom f^* = ℝ^n) if and only if f is co-finite.
Auxiliary definition: the recession function f₀⁺ of an EReal-valued function f on ℝ^n,
given by f₀⁺(y) = sup { f(x+y) - f(x) | x ∈ dom f }.
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If C is nonempty and supportFunctionEReal C y ≠ ⊤, then supportFunctionEReal C y is the
coercion of its toReal.
On an affine subspace, if the support function is finite at y, then it is symmetric.
A convex set is affine iff its EReal support function is symmetric on the directions where it
is finite.
The support function of dom f* is the recession function recessionFunction f.
Auxiliary definition: the linearity space of a function f, defined as the set of directions
y for which the recession function is finite and symmetric:
-(f₀⁺)(-y) = (f₀⁺)(y) whenever (f₀⁺)(y) < +∞.
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- linearitySpace f = {y : Fin n → ℝ | recessionFunction f y ≠ ⊤ ∧ -recessionFunction f (-y) = recessionFunction f y}
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Corollary 13.3.2. Let f be a closed proper convex function. In order that dom f* be an
affine set, it is necessary and sufficient that (f0+)(y) = +∞ for every y which is not
actually in the linearity space of f.