The one-variable function g(ξ₁) = 1 - √ξ₁ on the nonnegative half-line and +∞ on the
negative half-line.
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The ℝ² example f(ξ₁, ξ₂) = max {g(ξ₁), |ξ₂|} used to show that the set of
subdifferentiability points of a proper convex function need not be convex.
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The closed right half-plane in ℝ².
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The relative interior of the vertical line segment joining (0, 1) and (0, -1).
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The epigraph of the right-half-line square-root gap function is convex.
The epigraph of the absolute-value branch is convex.
The full max example is a proper convex function.
The effective domain of the example is exactly the closed right half-plane.
Points with positive first coordinate lie in the interior of the closed right half-plane.
Boundary points (0,t) with t ≥ 1 admit the upward vertical subgradient.
Boundary points (0,t) with t ≤ -1 admit the downward vertical subgradient.
Example 23.4.2 (Nonconvexity of Subdifferentiability Set): For the function
f(ξ₁, ξ₂) = max {g(ξ₁), |ξ₂|} with g(ξ₁) = 1 - √ξ₁ for ξ₁ ≥ 0 and g(ξ₁) = +∞ for
ξ₁ < 0, the effective domain is the closed right half-plane, the set of points where f is
subdifferentiable is the closed right half-plane with the open vertical segment
{(0, t) | |t| < 1} removed, and hence this subdifferentiability set is not convex.
The qualification condition for the subdifferential sum rule: either all relative interiors of the effective domains meet, or a distinguished polyhedral subfamily has a common point in its effective domains while the remaining summands still meet in relative interior.
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Helper for Theorem 23.8: evaluating the sum of a family of dual vectors on z - x is the same
as summing the individual evaluations.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: every explicit decomposition of xStar into summand subgradients
produces a subgradient of the pointwise sum.
Theorem 23.8(1), inclusion direction in notation form: every finite sum of summand subgradients belongs to the subdifferential of the summed function.
Theorem 23.8(1), inclusion direction in set form: the Minkowski sum of the summand subdifferentials is contained in the subdifferential of the summed function.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: the qualification hypothesis supplies a point where the full sum is finite, so the summed function is again proper convex.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: a subgradient of the full sum yields the corresponding Fenchel-Young equality for that full sum.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: once each Euclidean summand satisfies Fenchel-Young equality and the
summands add up to xStar, the corresponding dual vectors give the required decomposition.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: a full Fenchel-Young equality for the summed function forces the full conjugate value to be finite.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: an all-relative-interior qualification gives an attained Fenchel-conjugate split for the full family.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: the polyhedral filtered block over Ipoly attains its conjugate
value by a decomposition over the corresponding subtype.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: the nonpolyhedral filtered block over Ipolyᶜ attains its conjugate
value by a decomposition over the complement subtype, provided that block is nonempty.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: summing a piecewise family over Ipoly and its complement splits
into the corresponding subtype sums.
Helper for Theorem 23.8: the mixed qualification yields an attained conjugate split after first separating the polyhedral and nonpolyhedral filtered blocks.