Abstract
We present two sufficient conditions in order that a real function on a finite-dimensional normed space be convex (Theorems 1 and 2) and show some consequences of them. In particular, it comes out that a real function
f on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space
X is convex, provided that
f has the property that for each point
y∈X and each
λ>0 the real function
X∋x→λf(x)+∥x−y∥2 has a unique global minimum
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Andrea Orazio Caruso
Dip. di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
aocaruso@dmi.unict.it
Alfonso Villani
Dip. di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
villani@dmi.unict.itSuggested citation
A. O. Caruso, A. Villani. “Two Conditions for a Function to be Convex.” Journal of Convex Analysis 20 (2013), No. 4, 1189–1201. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca20064
Published by Heldermann Verlag, 2013. Rights now held by Banach Press.