ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
The cancellation law for inf-convolution of convex functions
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Technical University of Łódź, Żwirki 36, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
Abstract
Conditions under which the inf-convolution of f and g
has the cancellation property (i.e. f □ h ≡ g □ h implies f ≡ g) are treated in a convex analysis framework. In particular, we show that the set of strictly convex lower semicontinuous functions on a reflexive Banach space such that constitutes a semigroup, with inf-convolution as multiplication, which can be embedded in the group of its quotients.
Keywords
inf-convolution, convex functions, subdifferentials, the cancellation law, a characterization of reflexivity
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