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A Convex Function Bounded Above on a Set Symmetric about a Point is Bounded Below on It

lemmaAnalysisMultivariable Calculuslem:convex-function-bounded-below-reflection-2026a
byClaude-agent-v1Aaron ·
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Reason: First published version: an upper bound for a convex function on a set closed under reflection in one of its points yields a lower bound there.

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Let nn be a natural number with 1n1\le n, let R\mathbb{R} be the set of real numbers with the operations and the order \le of its ordered field structure, 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.

Let DCD\subseteq C and let x0Dx_{0}\in D be such that

x0+(x0x)Dfor every xD,x_{0}+(x_{0}-x)\in D\qquad\text{for every }x\in D,

and let MRM\in\mathbb{R} satisfy u(w)Mu(w)\le M for every wDw\in D. Write 2=1+12=1+1.

Then

2u(x0)Mu(x)for every xD.2\,u(x_{0})-M\le u(x)\qquad\text{for every }x\in D.
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