Affine Functions, Sums, Nonnegative Multiples and Pointwise Suprema of Convex Functions
lemmaAnalysisMultivariable Calculuslem:convex-function-operations-2026aLet be a natural number, let be the ordered field of real numbers, and let be convex, where Euclidean space is a real vector space by Euclidean Space is a Real Vector Space.
Then the following hold, convexity of a real-valued function on being understood in the sense of Convex Real-Valued Function on a Convex Subset of .
1. (Affine functions) Let and , and let be given by , with the dot product. Then is convex on .
2. (Sums) If are convex on , then so is the function whose value at is .
3. (Nonnegative multiples) If is convex on and satisfies , then the function whose value at is is convex on .
4. (Pointwise suprema) Let be a nonempty set of functions from to , each convex on , and suppose that for every the set has an upper bound in . Then the function whose value at is the least upper bound of is well defined, and is convex on .
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