(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) If inf f < 0, then the 0-sublevel set of the positively
homogeneous hull is contained in the closure of its strict 0-sublevel set.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) Recession directions of posHomHull f lie in the closed conic hull
of the 0-sublevel set {x | f x ≤ 0}.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) If A ⊆ closure B and φ is nonpositive on B, then φ is
nonpositive on A.
This is the form needed to transfer a polar condition along an inclusion into a closure.
Transport membership in recessionConeEReal along a linear equivalence.
recessionConeEReal commutes with linear equivalences, as a set.
Recession directions of a subadditive function with g 0 = 0 are exactly its 0-sublevel set.
Recession directions give a pointwise inequality at the origin: if y ∈ recessionConeEReal g
and 0 ∈ dom g, then g y ≤ g 0.
For kcl = (k*)* coming from the positively homogeneous hull k of f, we have
0 ∈ dom kcl and kcl 0 ≤ 0.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) If y is not in the closure of the strict ε-sublevel set of k,
then (y, ε/2) is not in the closure of the (real) epigraph of k.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) From an affine bound ψ + c ≤ k, one gets k* ψ ≤ -c.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) A dual certificate forces strict positivity of the biconjugate.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) The closure of a real epigraph is upward closed in the ℝ-coordinate.
This is the basic monotonicity property inherited from the definition k x ≤ r.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) If ψ₁ + c₁ ≤ k, then g(x,r) = ψ₁ x - r is bounded above on
closure (epi k).
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) Separation of a point from closure (epi k) yields a dual
certificate ψ + c ≤ k that is strictly above the point in the epigraph direction.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) Approximation of kcl-sublevel points by strict sublevels of k.
This is the analytic heart of Theorem 14.3: from kcl y ≤ 0 one should be able to find points
arbitrarily close to y where the (possibly non-closed) positively homogeneous hull k takes an
arbitrarily small (strict) value.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) If k z is small and moving in a fixed direction makes k very
negative, then the translated point lies in the strict 0-sublevel set.
(Theorem 14.3, auxiliary) From kcl y ≤ 0 we can reach the strict 0-sublevel of k by
arbitrarily small perturbations, hence y lies in the closure of {k < 0}.