Equivalence classes of saddle-functions #
Two saddle-functions are equivalent when their partial closures agree, and K is closed
when cl₁ K and cl₂ K are both equivalent to K. This is weaker than lower or upper closedness:
a whole order interval can be closed while only its two ends are lower and upper closed.
The equivalence classes of closed saddle-functions are exactly the order intervals
Ω(F) = {K | ⟨Fu, y⟩ ≤ K ≤ ⟨u, F* y⟩} between the two brackets of a closed convex bifunction F;
on such an interval both partial closures are constant, equal to the two ends, and F is
determined by the class. The interval lemmas below are stated for a closure pair (K̲, K̄) with
cl₁ K̲ = K̄ and cl₂ K̄ = K̲ rather than for a bifunction, so they need no pairing; the closure
pairs are exactly the bracket pairs.
Main definitions #
SaddleEquiv K L—cl₁ K = cl₁ Landcl₂ K = cl₂ L.ClosedSaddleFn K—cl₁ cl₂ K = cl₁ Kandcl₂ cl₁ K = cl₂ K.saddleClass Klow Kup— the order intervalΩ, as a set of functions.
Main results #
partialCl₂_eq_of_mem_saddleClass,closedSaddleFn_of_mem_saddleClass— the closures are constant on the interval and every member of it is closed (Theorem 34.2 in [^1]).exists_unique_bifun_of_closedSaddleFn— conversely, a closed concave-convex function determines a unique closed convex bifunction, with bracketscl₂ Kandcl₁ K.
References #
[^1]: R. T. Rockafellar, Convex Analysis, Princeton University Press, 1970, §34.
Equivalence, closedness, and the order interval #
Two saddle-functions are equivalent when their partial closures agree. Rockafellar uses the single closures here, not the doubled ones.
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A saddle-function is closed when cl₁ K and cl₂ K are both equivalent to it; by
idempotence of the closures that amounts to these two equations.
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Rockafellar's Ω: the saddle-functions between the two members of a closure pair.
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The closures are constant on the interval #
On the interval of a closure pair, cl₂ is constant at the lower end. Monotonicity squeezes
cl₂ K between cl₂ K̲ = K̲ and cl₂ K̄ = K̲.
Every member of the interval of a closure pair is a closed saddle-function.
The interval of a closed convex bifunction #
Between the two brackets of a closed convex bifunction, cl₂ is the lower bracket and cl₁
the upper.
Conversely, a closed concave-convex function determines a unique closed convex bifunction,
with brackets cl₂ K and cl₁ K. With mem_saddleClass_self, every class of closed
saddle-functions is an Ω(F).