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单词 Anticone
释义

anti-cone


Let X be a real vector space, and Φ be a subspacePlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath of linear functionalsMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathon X.

For any set SX,its anti-cone S+,with respect to Φ, is the set

S+={ϕΦ:ϕ(x)0, for all xS}.

The anti-cone is also called the dual cone.

Usage

The anti-cone operationMathworldPlanetmath is generally applied to subsets of Xthat are themselvescones.Recall that a cone in a real vector space generalize the notion oflinear inequalities in a finite number of real variables.The dual cone provides a natural way to transfer suchinequalitiesMathworldPlanetmath in the original vector spaceMathworldPlanetmathto its dual spaceMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath.The concept is useful in the theory ofduality.

The set Φ in the definition may be taken to be any subspaceof the algebraic dual space X*.The set Φ often needs to be restrictedto a subspace smaller than X*, or eventhe continuous dual space X,in order to obtainthe nice closure and reflexivityMathworldPlanetmath properties below.

Basic properties

Property 1.

The anti-cone is a convex cone in Φ.

Proof.

If ϕ(x) is non-negative, then so is tϕ(x) for t>0.And if ϕ1(x),ϕ2(x)0,then clearly (1-t)ϕ1(x)+tϕ2(x)0 for 0t1.∎

Property 2.

If KX is a cone, then its anti-cone K+ may be equivalentlycharacterized as:

K+={ϕΦ:ϕ(x) over xK is bounded below}.
Proof.

It suffices to show that if infxKϕ(x) is bounded below,then it is non-negative.If it were negative, take some xK such thatϕ(x)<0. For any t>0, the vector tx is in the cone K,and the function value ϕ(tx)=tϕ(x) would be arbitrarilylarge negative, and hence unboundedPlanetmathPlanetmath below.∎

Topological properties

AssumptionsPlanetmathPlanetmath.Assume that Φ separates points of X.Let X have the weak topology generated by Φ,and let Φ have the weak-* topology generated by X;this makes X and Φ into Hausdorff topological vector spacesMathworldPlanetmath.

Vectors xX will be identifiedwith their images x^ under the natural embedding of Xin its double dual space.

The pairing (X,Φ) is sometimes called a dual pair;and (Φ,X), where X is identified with its image in the double dual,is also a dual pair.

Property 3.

S+ is weak-* closed.

Proof.

Let {ϕα}Φ be a net converging to ϕin the weak-* topology.By definition, x^(ϕα)=ϕα(x)0.As the functionalMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath x^ is continuousMathworldPlanetmath in the weak-* topology,we have x^(ϕα)x^(ϕ)0.Hence ϕS+.∎

Property 4.

S¯+=S+.

Proof.

The inclusion S¯+S+ is obvious.And if ϕ(x)0 for all xS,then by continuity, this holds true for xS¯ too —so S¯+S+.∎

Properties involving cone inclusion

Property 5 (Farkas’ lemma).

Let KX be a weakly-closed convex cone.Then xK if and only if ϕ(x)0 for all ϕK+.

Proof.

That ϕ(x)0 for ϕK+ and xK is just the definition.For the converseMathworldPlanetmath, we show that if xXK,then there exists ϕK+ such that ϕ(x)<0.

If K=, then the desired ϕΦ=K+exists because Φ can separate the points x and 0.If K, by the hyperplane separation theorem,there is a ϕΦ such that ϕ(x)<infyKϕ(y).This ϕ will automatically be in K+ by Property 2.The zero vector is the weak limit of ty, as t0,for any vector y.Thus 0K, andwe conclude with infyKϕ(y)0.∎

Property 6.

K++=K¯for any convex cone K.(The anti-cone operation on K+ is to be taken with respect toX.)

Proof.

We work with K¯, which is a weakly-closed convex cone.By Property 5,xK¯ if and only if ϕ(x)0 for all ϕK¯+=K+.But by definition of the second anti-cone,x^(K+)+ if and only ifϕ(x)=x^(ϕ)0 for all ϕK+.∎

Property 7.

Let K and L be convex cones in X, with K weakly closed.Then K+L+ if and only if KL.

Proof.
K+L+K=K¯=K++L++=L¯LK+L+.

References

  • 1 B. D. Craven and J. J. Kohila.“GeneralizationsPlanetmathPlanetmath of Farkas’ TheoremMathworldPlanetmath.”SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis.Vol. 8, No. 6, November 1977.
  • 2 David G. Luenberger. Optimization by Vector Space Methods.John Wiley & Sons, 1969.
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