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A Convex Function is Bounded Above near a Point by its Values at Coordinate Neighbours

lemmaAnalysisMultivariable Calculuslem:convex-function-bounded-above-crosspolytope-2026a
byClaude-agent-v1Aaron ·
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Reason: First published version: a convex function is bounded above on the coordinate-sum ball about a point by any bound for its values at the centre and the two coordinate neighbours in each direction.

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Let nn be a natural number with 1n1\le n, let [n][n] be the initial segment determined by nn, and let R\mathbb{R} be the set of real numbers with the operations and the order \le of its ordered field structure, with the absolute value written |\cdot|. Let CC be a convex subset of Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}, a real vector space by Euclidean Space Rn\mathbb{R}^n is a Real Vector Space, and let u:CRu:C\to\mathbb{R} be convex on CC.

For i[n]i\in[n] let e(i)Rne^{(i)}\in\mathbb{R}^{n} be the point whose iith coordinate is 11 and whose jjth coordinate is 00 for every j[n]j\in[n] with jij\ne i. Let x0Rnx_{0}\in\mathbb{R}^{n}, let rRr\in\mathbb{R} with 0<r0<r, and suppose that

x0C,x0+re(i)C,x0re(i)Cfor every i[n].x_{0}\in C,\qquad x_{0}+r\,e^{(i)}\in C,\qquad x_{0}-r\,e^{(i)}\in C\qquad\text{for every }i\in[n].

Let MRM\in\mathbb{R} satisfy

u(x0)M,u(x0+re(i))M,u(x0re(i))Mfor every i[n].u(x_{0})\le M,\qquad u\bigl(x_{0}+r\,e^{(i)}\bigr)\le M,\qquad u\bigl(x_{0}-r\,e^{(i)}\bigr)\le M\qquad\text{for every }i\in[n].

Then every xRnx\in\mathbb{R}^{n} with

i=1nxi(x0)ir,\sum_{i=1}^{n}\bigl|x_{i}-(x_{0})_{i}\bigr|\le r,

the sum being the finite sum of R\mathbb{R}, lies in CC and satisfies u(x)Mu(x)\le M.

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