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- From: israel@unixg.ubc.ca (Robert B. Israel)
- Subject: Re: convex functions on L_1 spaces
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- Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:00:19 GMT
- Keywords: convex, L_1
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- In <fernand.715217944@acf9> Indrajit, using the account of
- fernand@acf9.nyu.edu (Chris Fernandes) writes:
-
- >I have a question regarding convex functions on L_1 spaces.
-
- >Consider the space L_1.
- >Let U: L_1->R be a strictly convex function.
- >Let G be a closed convex and bounded set in L_1.
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- >Is it then true that the function U achieves its minimum on the set G?
-
- Not true in l_1: let G = { x: x_i >= 0, sum_i x_i = 1 } and U(x) = sum_i x_i^2.
- The infimum is 0 (consider U(x) where x_i = 1/n for 1 <= i <= n, 0
- otherwise), but it is not achieved. I don't have an example for other
- L_1 spaces, but it probably wouldn't be hard to construct.
-
- >I have not been able to find this result in any reference book. Intuitively,
- > the result seems to be true, but I cannot come up with a clean proof.
-
- >I do know that the set G is compact in the weak* topology, but on L_1
- >the weak* and the weak do not coincide.
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- What weak* topology? L_1 spaces (except for l_1) are generally not dual
- spaces.
-
- > For example, in L_2, the set
- >is weakly compact and thus the minimum is achieved.
-
- >Hopefully yours,
-
- >Indrajit, mailing from friend's account.
-
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- Robert Israel israel@math.ubc.ca
- Department of Mathematics or israel@unixg.ubc.ca
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Y4
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