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The Sup-Convolution of an Upper Semicontinuous Function Attains its Supremum

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Reason: Initial publication: attainment of the supremum defining the sup-convolution of an upper semicontinuous function, with a localisation bound on the maximiser.

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Let MM, R\mathbb{R}, RM\mathbb{R}^{M} and \lVert\,\cdot\,\rVert be as in Sup-Convolution of a Function on RM\mathbb{R}^M, and let dd be the Euclidean distance, a metric on RM\mathbb{R}^{M}.

Let v:RMRv:\mathbb{R}^{M}\to\mathbb{R} be upper semicontinuous on RM\mathbb{R}^{M} with respect to dd, let CRC\in\mathbb{R} be an upper bound for the set of values of vv, let λR\lambda\in\mathbb{R} satisfy 0<λ0<\lambda, let vλv^{\lambda} be the sup-convolution of vv with parameter λ\lambda, and let ξRM\xi\in\mathbb{R}^{M}. Then the following hold.

1. (Localisation) Every yRMy\in\mathbb{R}^{M} with v(ξ)v(y)λ2yξ2v(\xi)\le v(y)-\frac{\lambda}{2}\lVert y-\xi\rVert^{2} satisfies

λ2yξ2Cv(ξ).\frac{\lambda}{2}\,\lVert y-\xi\rVert^{2}\le C-v(\xi).

2. (Attainment) There exists yRMy\in\mathbb{R}^{M} with

vλ(ξ)=v(y)λ2yξ2,v^{\lambda}(\xi)=v(y)-\frac{\lambda}{2}\,\lVert y-\xi\rVert^{2},

and every such yy satisfies the bound of claim 1.

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