A function w : P → S is a barrier-subproblem minimizer selection for a saddle-point
representation when each chosen point w x belongs to the canonical minimizing fiber of the
saddle slice Ψ(x, ·).
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Evaluating a barrier-subproblem minimizer selection at x yields a point of the canonical
argmin set of the saddle slice Ψ(x, ·).
The selected point w x minimizes the saddle slice Ψ(x, ·) on the whole parameter space
S.
Along a minimizing branch, the represented objective value equals the saddle value at the selected minimizer.
The selected field attached to Definition 7.60 sends x to the chosen first-argument saddle
subgradient ∇₁Ψ(x, w(x)).
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Evaluating barrierSubgradientSelection at x returns the chosen first-argument saddle
subgradient at (x, w(x)).
A selected barrier subgradient field is a pointwise subgradient of the represented objective
on the whole-space relative subdifferential ∂[Set.univ] representation(x).
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Evaluating a selected barrier subgradient field at x gives a subgradient of the represented
objective at x.
Definition 7.60: [Subgradient selection] if w(x) is a chosen minimizer of the saddle slice
Ψ(x, ·) and ∇₁Ψ is a chosen subgradient with respect to the first argument, then the selected
field x ↦ ∇₁Ψ(x, w(x)) is a subgradient selection of the represented objective.