New Tour on the Subdifferential of Supremum via Finite Sums and Suprema

A. Hantoute () and M. A. López-Cerdá ()
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A. Hantoute: Universidad de Alicante
M. A. López-Cerdá: Universidad de Alicante

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2022, vol. 193, issue 1, No 6, 106 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper provides new characterizations for the subdifferential of the pointwise supremum of an arbitrary family of convex functions. The main feature of our approach is that the normal cone to the effective domain of the supremum (or to finite-dimensional sections of it) does not appear in our formulas. Another aspect of our analysis is that it emphasizes the relationship with the subdifferential of the supremum of finite subfamilies, or equivalently, finite weighted sums. Some specific results are given in the setting of reflexive Banach spaces, showing that the subdifferential of the supremum can be reduced to the supremum of a countable family.

Keywords: Supremum of convex functions; Subdifferentials; Normal cones; 46N10; 52A41; 90C25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10957-021-01925-9

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