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Under the weak topology on the algebraic dual induced by evaluation, polar sets are closed.
The bipolar identity for closed convex sets containing the origin.
An EReal-valued gauge: sInf {r | 0 < r ∧ x ∈ r • C} (with ⊤ for points not in any
positive scaling of C). This is the textbook gauge, unlike mathlib's real-valued gauge.
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fenchelConjugateBilin of an erealIndicator is a support function: for the flipped evaluation
pairing, it is sSup {φ x | φ ∈ polar C}.
fenchelConjugateBilin of an erealIndicator is a support function: for the evaluation pairing,
it is sSup {φ x | x ∈ C}.
The EReal-valued gauge of a closed convex set containing 0 agrees with the support function
of its polar set.
The EReal-valued gauge of the polar set agrees with the support function of C.
Theorem 14.5: Let C be a closed convex set containing the origin. Then the polar C^∘ is
another closed convex set containing the origin, and the bipolar identity C^{∘∘} = C holds.
The gauge function of C is the support function of C^∘. Dually, the gauge function of C^∘
is the support function of C.
In a finite-dimensional Hausdorff real topological vector space, a convex set contains the origin in its interior iff every vector can be scaled into it.
Corollary 14.5.1. Let C be a closed convex set containing the origin. Then the polar C^∘
is bounded if and only if 0 ∈ int C. Dually, C is bounded if and only if 0 ∈ int C^∘.
If C is given as {x | ∀ φ ∈ Cpolar, φ x ≤ 1}, then its recession cone is exactly the set of
directions on which every φ ∈ Cpolar is nonpositive.
Under the same bipolar hypothesis, the set of "two-sided" recession directions is exactly the
set of vectors annihilated by all φ ∈ Cpolar.
Under the bipolar hypothesis, the lineality subspace of C (spanned by (-rec C) ∩ rec C)
is the dual coannihilator of the span of Cpolar.
If Cpolar = polar C and 0 ∈ Cpolar, then recession directions in Cpolar are exactly the
functionals nonpositive on C.
If Cpolar = polar C and 0 ∈ Cpolar, then the two-sided recession directions in Cpolar
are exactly the functionals vanishing on C.