ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

The cancellation law for inf-convolution of convex functions

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Technical University of Łódź, Żwirki 36, 90-924 Łódź, Poland

Abstract

Conditions under which the inf-convolution of f and g fg(x):=fy+z=x(f(y)+g(z)) 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 f:X{+} on a reflexive Banach space such that limxf(x)x= 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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Pages:
271-282
Main language of publication
English
Received
1993-01-03
Published
1994
Exact and natural sciences