Abstract

We provide comparison principles for convex functions through its proximal mappings. Consequently, we prove that the norm of the proximal operator determines a convex the function up to a constant. A new characterization of Lipschitzianity in terms of the proximal operator is given.

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Emilio Vilches

Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad de O'Higgins, Rancagua, Chile

emilio.vilches@uoh.cl

Keywords

  • Proximal operator
  • determination of convex functions
  • Moreau decomposition
  • Legendre-Fenchel conjugate

Mathematics Subject Classification

49J52, 46N10

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Suggested citation

E. Vilches. “Proximal Determination of Convex Functions.” Journal of Convex Analysis 28 (2021), No. 4, 1187–1192. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca28069

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