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\section{Conjugate Functions}
\label{section:legendre}
\begin{definition}[Conjugate Function]
\label{definition:conjugate-function}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ with $f \ne \infty$, then for each $y \in F$,
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f}
\]
The mapping
\[
f^*: E^* \to (-\infty, \infty] \quad y \mapsto \sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x)
\]
is the \textbf{conjugate function} of $f$ with respect to the duality $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$.
\end{definition}
\begin{proof}
Fix $y \in F$. Let $\alpha \in \real$ such that $\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x)$ for all $x \in E$, then for any $x \in E$,
\[
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) \le \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} + \alpha = \alpha
\]
so
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) \le \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x) \forall x \in E}
\]
On the other hand, suppose that $\alpha = \sup_{x \in E} \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) < \infty$, then
\[
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x)
\]
for all $x \in E$. Therefore
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x) \forall x \in E}
\]
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:conjugate-function-gymnatics}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$ and $f, g: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ with $f, g \ne \infty$, then
\begin{enumerate}
\item $f^*$ is convex and lower semicontinuous.
\item If $f \le g$, then $f^* \ge g^*$.
\item If $f^* \ne \infty$, then $f^{**} \le f$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
(1): By \autoref{proposition:convex-extension} and \autoref{proposition:semicontinuous-properties}.
(3): For each $x \in E$ and $y \in F$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) &= \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \braks{\sup_{z \in E}\dpn{z, y}{\lambda} - f(z)} \\
&= \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} + \braks{\inf_{z \in E}f(z) - \dpn{z, y}{\lambda}} \\
&\le \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} + f(x) - \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} = f(x)
\end{align*}
As the above holds for all $y \in F$, $f^{**} \le f$.
\end{proof}
\begin{theorem}[Fenchel's Inequality]
\label{theorem:fenchel-inequality}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ with $f \ne \infty$, then for any $x \in E$ and $y \in F$,
\[
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \le f(x) + f^*(y)
\]
with equality if and only if $y \in \partial f(x)$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
Let $x \in E$ and $y \in F$ with $f(x) < \infty$, then
\[
f(x) + f^*(y) \ge f(x) + \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) = \dpn{x, y}{\lambda}
\]
For the equivalence,
\begin{align*}
f(x) + f^*(y) &= \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \\
f^*(y) &= \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x)
\end{align*}
if and only if for every $h \in E$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f(x) &\ge \dpn{x+h, y}{\lambda} - f(x+h) \\
f(x + h) - f(x) &\ge \dpn{h, y}{\lambda}
\end{align*}
if and only if $y \in \partial f(x)$.
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}
Let $E$ be a locally convex space over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ with $f \ne \infty$, then for each $(x, \alpha) \in \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$, $\bracs{x} \times [\alpha, \infty) \subset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
First consider $\text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))$. Let $(x, \alpha), (y, \beta) \in \text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))$ such that
\[
\bracs{x} \times [\alpha, \infty), \bracs{y} \times [\beta, \infty) \subset \text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))
\]
then for any $t \in [0, 1]$ and $\gamma \ge (1 - t)\alpha + t\beta$, there exists $\alpha' \ge \alpha$ and $\beta' \ge \beta$ such that $\gamma = (1 - t)\alpha' + t\beta'$. In which case,
\[
((1 - t)x + ty, \gamma) = ((1 - t)x + ty, (1 - t)\alpha' + t\beta') \in \text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))
\]
so $\bracs{(1 - t)x + ty} \times [\gamma, \infty] \subset \text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))$.
Since the set of points that satisfy the lemma is convex, and contains $\text{epi}(f)$, the lemma holds for all points in $\text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))$.
Now consider $\ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$. Let $(x, \alpha) \in \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$, $U \in \cn_E(0)$, and $\eps > 0$, then there exists $(y, \beta) \in \text{Conv}(\text{epi}(f))$ such that $x - y \in U$ and $|\alpha - \beta| < \eps$. As such a pair exists for all $U \in \cn_E(0)$ and $\eps > 0$,
\[
\bracs{x} \times (\alpha, \infty) \subset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))
\]
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:lsc-affine-minorant}
Let $E$ be a locally convex space over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ be convex and lower semicontinuous with $f \ne \infty$, then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item There exists $\phi \in E^*$ and $\alpha \in \real$ such that $\dpn{\cdot, \phi}{E} + \alpha \le f$.
\item $f^* \ne \infty$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(1): Let $(x, \alpha) \in \bracs{f < \infty} \times \real \setminus \text{epi}(f)$. By the \hyperref[Hahn-Banach Theorem]{theorem:hahn-banach-geometric-2}, there exists $\phi \in F$ and $\mu \in \real$ such that
\[
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in \text{epi}(f)}\dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{E} + \mu \alpha
\]
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily large by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu < 0$. Thus for each $y \in E$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, \phi}{E} + \mu\alpha &> \dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \mu f(y) \\
\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha & < \dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + f(y) \\
-\dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha &< f(y)
\end{align*}
so $-\dpn{\cdot, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha \le f$.
\end{proof}
\begin{theorem}[Fenchel-Moreau]
\label{theorem:fenchel-moreau}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$, and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ with $f \ne \infty$ and $f^{*} \ne \infty$, then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item For each $(y, \alpha) \in F \times \real$, denote $(y, \alpha) \le f$ if $\dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f$, then for each $x \in E$,
\[
f^{**}(x) = \sup\bracs{\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha|(y, \alpha) \in F \times \real, (y, \alpha) \le f}
\]
\end{enumerate}
If $F = E^*$, then
\begin{enumerate}[start=1]
\item The epigraph $\text{epi}(f^{**})$ is the closed convex hull of $\text{epi}(f)$.
\item The biconjugate $f^{**}$ is the greatest convex and lower semicontinuous function bounded above by $f$.
\item $f = f^{**}$ if and only if $f$ is convex and lower semicontinuous.
\end{enumerate}
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
(1): Let $y \in F$ such that $f^*(y) < \infty$, then for each $x \in E$,
\[
\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) \le f(x)
\]
so $\dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) \le f$, and
\begin{align*}
f^{**}(x) &= \sup_{y \in F} \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) = \sup_{\substack{y \in F \\ f^*(y) < \infty}} \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) \\
&\le \sup\bracs{\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha| y \in F, \alpha \in \real, \dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f}
\end{align*}
On the other hand, let $y \in F$ and $\alpha \in \real$ such that $\dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f$, then $f^*(y) \le \alpha$, and
\[
f^{**}(x) \ge \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - f^*(y) \ge \dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha
\]
Therefore
\[
f^{**}(x) \ge \sup\bracs{\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} - \alpha| y \in F, \alpha \in \real, \dpn{\cdot, y}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f}
\]
(2): Let $A = \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$ and $(x, \alpha) \in E \times \real \setminus A$. By the \hyperref[Hahn-Banach Theorem]{theorem:hahn-banach-geometric-2}, there exists $\phi \in F$ and $\mu \in \real$ such that
\[
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in A}\dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{E} + \mu \alpha
\]
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily large by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu \le 0$.
In the case that $\mu < 0$, for each $y \in E$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, \phi}{E} + \mu\alpha &> \dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \mu f(y) \\
\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha & < \dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + f(y) \\
-\dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha &< f(y)
\end{align*}
so $(-\mu^{-1}\phi, \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha) \le f$ and
\[
f^{**}(x) \ge -\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha \ge \alpha
\]
Given that $f^* \ne \infty$, there exists at least one pair $(\phi_0, \gamma_0) \in F \times \real$ such that $(\phi_0, \gamma_0) \le f$.
Now suppose that $\mu = 0$ and let
\[
\gamma = \sup_{(y, \beta) \in A}\dpn{y, \phi}{E} < \dpn{x, \phi}{E}
\]
For each $t > 0$, let $\Phi_t = \phi_0 + t\phi$ and $\Gamma_t = \gamma_0 - t\gamma$, then for each $y \in \bracs{f < \infty}$,
\[
\dpn{y, \Phi_t}{E} + \Gamma_t \le f(y) + t\dpn{y, \phi}{E} - t\gamma \le f(y)
\]
so $(\Phi_t, \Gamma_t) \le f$. By (1),
\[
f^{**}(x) \ge \dpn{x, \Phi_t}{E} + \Gamma_t = \dpn{x, \phi_0}{E} + \gamma_0 + t\underbrace{\dpn{x, \phi}{E} - \gamma}_{> 0}
\]
As the above holds for all $t > 0$, $f^{**}(x) = \infty \ge \alpha$. Since $f^{**}(x) \ge \alpha$ for all $(x, \alpha) \in E \times \real \setminus A$, $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \subset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
On the other hand, $f^{**} \le f$ by \autoref{lemma:conjugate-function-gymnatics}, so $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \text{epi}(f)$. Since $\text{epi}(f^{**})$ is closed and convex, $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
\end{proof}

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\input{./tvs/index.tex}
\input{./lc/index.tex}
\input{./convex/index.tex}
\input{./norm/index.tex}
\input{./rs/index.tex}
\input{./lp/index.tex}
\input{./order/index.tex}
\input{./duality/index.tex}
\input{./convex/index.tex}
\input{./interpolation/index.tex}
\input{./notation.tex}

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$\mu_G$ & Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure associated with $G$. & \autoref{definition:riemann-lebesgue-stieltjes} \\
$\int_\gamma f$, $\int_\gamma f(z)dz$ & Path integral of $f$ with respect to $\gamma$. & \autoref{definition:path-integral} \\
$PI([a, b], \gamma; E)$ & Space of path integrable functions with respect to $\gamma$. & \autoref{definition:path-integral}
% ---- Convex Functions ---- \\
$\partial f(x)$ & Subdifferential of $f$ at $x$. & \autoref{definition:subgradient} \\
$f^*$ & Conjugate function of $f$. & \autoref{definition:conjugate-function} \\
% ---- Interpolation Spaces ---- \\
$\catc_1$ & Category of compatible couples in $\catc$. & \autoref{definition:compatible-category} \\
$\cf(E_0, E_1)$ & Calderón space of $(E_0, E_1)$ & \autoref{definition:calderon-space} \\

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\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}[{{\cite[Proposition 7.11]{Folland}}}]
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:semicontinuous-properties}
Let $X$ be a topological space, then
\begin{enumerate}
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\item For any $f: X \to (-\infty, \infty]$ lower semicontinuous, $f$ is Borel measurable.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[Proposition 7.11]{Folland}}}. ]
(1): For any $\alpha \in \real$,
\[
\bracs{f > \alpha} = \begin{cases}