The max function on a finite coordinate space, specializing to x ↦ max_i x i on ℝ^n.
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The face of the standard simplex supported on the active coordinates of x, namely the
indices i with coordinatewiseMax x = x i.
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Membership in activeCoordinateFace x means belonging to the standard simplex and being
supported on the active coordinates of x.
On a nonempty finite coordinate space, coordinatewiseMax x is the ordinary finite maximum
over Finset.univ.
For a constant coordinate vector, every coordinate is active, so the active face is the whole standard simplex.
Proposition 3.23 [Subdifferential of the max function]: the Euclidean/vector-side
subdifferential of the coordinatewise maximum on ℝ^n is exactly the face of the standard simplex
supported on the active coordinates.
Membership form of Proposition 3.23 at a coordinate vector x : ι → ℝ. This is the
source-facing statement: a Euclidean vector z is a subgradient of y ↦ max_i y i at x
exactly when its coordinate vector lies in the active face of the simplex at x.
Continuous-dual reformulation of Proposition 3.23 obtained by applying the canonical Riesz map to the vector-side active face.
At a constant vector α e, every coordinate is active, so the vector-side subdifferential of
the max function is the whole standard simplex.
Continuous-dual reformulation of the constant-vector case of Proposition 3.23.