Helper for Theorem 35.9: the packed gradient pair varies continuously on the differentiability locus because nearby saddle subgradients stay close to the singleton base subgradient.
Theorem 35.9: let C × D be an open convex set in ℝ^m × ℝ^n, and let K be a
concave-convex real-valued function on C × D. If E is the subset of C × D where K is
differentiable, then E is dense in C × D, the complement (C × D) \ E has Lebesgue measure
zero, and the gradient mapping is continuous on E. The differentiability and gradient are
expressed below via the packed map z ↦ K(z₁, z₂) on ℝ^(m+n), which is equivalent to
differentiability of K on the product space.
Helper for Theorem 35.10: since K is differentiable at every point of C × D, Theorem 35.9
identifies the packed gradient pair as a continuous map on the whole product domain.
Helper for Theorem 35.10: Theorem 35.7 turns moving-point convergence of kernels into convergence of the corresponding packed gradient pairs.
Helper for Theorem 35.10: the fixed-point convergence statement is the constant-sequence specialization of the moving-point gradient-pair convergence lemma.
Theorem 35.10: let C × D be an open convex set in ℝ^m × ℝ^n, let K be a finite
differentiable concave-convex function on C × D, and let K₁, K₂, ... be finite differentiable
concave-convex functions on C × D converging pointwise to K. Then the split gradient maps
∇Kᵢ(u, v) converge pointwise to ∇K(u, v) for every (u, v) ∈ C × D, and in fact converge
uniformly on every closed bounded subset of C × D.
Helper for Text 35.10.1: repackage the dense convergence hypothesis into the existential limit format required by Theorem 35.4.
Helper for Text 35.10.1: two finite concave-convex kernels that agree on a dense product subset of an open convex rectangle agree on the whole rectangle.
Helper for Text 35.10.1: the dense convergence hypothesis already forces pointwise
convergence of Kᵢ to the prescribed kernel K on all of C × D.
Text 35.10.1: let C × D be a nonempty open convex subset of ℝ^m × ℝ^n, let K be a
finite differentiable concave-convex function on C × D, and let K₁, K₂, ... be finite
differentiable concave-convex functions on C × D. If there exist dense subsets C' ⊆ C and
D' ⊆ D such that (A) Kᵢ(u, v) → K(u, v) for every (u, v) ∈ C' × D', then (B)
Kᵢ(u, v) → K(u, v) for every (u, v) ∈ C × D. Consequently, the conclusion of Theorem 35.10
holds: the split gradient maps converge pointwise on C × D and uniformly on each closed bounded
subset of C × D.