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\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:convex-domain}
Let $E$ be a vector space over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$, then $f$ is convex if and only if $\bracs{f < \infty}$ is convex and $f|_{\bracs{f < \infty}}$ is a convex function.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
If $f$ is convex, then for any $x, y \in \bracs{f < \infty}$ and $t \in [0, 1]$,
\[
f((1 - t)x + ty) \le (1 - t)f(x) + tf(y) < \infty
\]
so $\bracs{f < \infty}$ is convex, and the restriction $f|_{\bracs{f < \infty}}$ is a convex function.
On the other hand, for any $x, y \in E$ and $t \in [0, 1]$, if $f(x) = \infty$ or $f(y) = \infty$, then
\[
f((1 - t)x + ty) \le = \infty (1 - t)f(x) + tf(y)
\]
Otherwise, $x, y \in \bracs{f < \infty}$, and
\[
f((1 - t)x + ty) \le (1 - t)f(x) + tf(y)
\]
by convexity of $f|_{\bracs{f < \infty}}$.
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:convex-reverse}
Let $E$ be a vector space over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ be convex, then for any $x, y \in E$ and $t \in \real \setminus [0, 1]$,

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\section{Conjugate Functions}
\label{section:legendre}
\begin{definition}[Affine Minorant]
\label{definition:affine-minorant}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$, $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$, and $(\phi, \alpha) \in F \times \real$, then the pair $(\phi, \alpha)$ is an \textbf{affine minorant} of $f$, denoted $(\phi, \alpha) \le f$, if
\[
\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x) \quad \forall x \in E
\]
\end{definition}
\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 $\phi \in F$,
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{\cdot, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f}
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| (\phi, \alpha) \le f}
\]
The mapping
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so
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) \le \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x) \forall x \in E}
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) \le \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| (\phi, \alpha) \le f}
\]
On the other hand, suppose that $\alpha = \sup_{x \in E} \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) < \infty$, then
@@ -33,9 +42,23 @@
for all $x \in E$. Therefore
\[
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f(x) \forall x \in E}
\sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = \inf\bracsn{\alpha \in \real| (\phi, \alpha) \le f}
\]
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:conjugate-minorant}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$ and $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$, then the following are equivalent:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $f^* \ne \infty$.
\item There exists $(\phi, \alpha) \in F \times \real$ with $(\phi, \alpha) \le f$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
(1) $\Rightarrow$ (2): Let $\phi \in \bracsn{f^* < \infty}$, then by \autoref{definition:conjugate-function}, $(\phi, f^*(\phi)) \le f$.
(2) $\Rightarrow$ (1): By \autoref{definition:conjugate-function}, $f^*(\phi) \le \alpha$.
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma:conjugate-function-gymnatics}
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with equality if and only if $\phi \in \partial f(x)$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
Let $x \in E$ and $\phi \in F$ with $f(x) < \infty$, then
Let $x \in E$ and $\phi \in F$. Assume without loss of generality that $f(x) < \infty$, then
\[
f(x) + f^*(\phi) \ge f(x) + \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda}
\]
For the equivalence,
Now let $x \in E$ and $\phi \in F$ such that $\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} = f(x) + f^*(\phi)$, then $f(x), f^*(\phi) < \infty$ and
\begin{align*}
f(x) + f^*(\phi) &= \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} \\
f^*(\phi) &= \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x)
\end{align*}
if and only if for every $h \in E$,
By definition,
\[
\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) = f^*(\phi) = \sup_{h \in E}\dpn{x+h, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x+h)
\]
so for every $h \in E$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) &\ge \dpn{x+h, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x+h) \\
f(x + h) - f(x) &\ge \dpn{h, \phi}{\lambda}
\end{align*}
if and only if $y \in \partial f(x)$.
Thus $\phi$ satisfies the subgradient inequality, and $\phi \in \partial f(x)$.
On the other hand, if $f(x) < \infty$ and $\phi \in \partial f(x)$, then $f(x + h) - f(x) \ge \dpn{h, \phi}{\lambda}$ for all $h \in E$, and
\begin{align*}
f^*(\phi) &= \sup_{h \in E}\dpn{x+h, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x+h) = \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - f(x) \\
f^*(\phi) + f(x) &= \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda}
\end{align*}
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
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\]
\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{lemma}[Almost Subgradient]
\label{lemma:lsc-affine-minorant}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$, $f: E \to (-\infty, \infty]$ be convex and $\sigma(E, F)$-lower semicontinuous, $x \in \bracs{f < \infty}$, and $\alpha < f(x)$, then there exists $(\phi, \gamma) \in E \times \real$ such that:
\begin{enumerate}
\item There exists $\phi \in E^*$ and $\alpha \in \real$ such that $\dpn{\cdot, \phi}{E} + \alpha \le f$.
\item $f^* \ne \infty$.
\item $(\phi, \gamma) \le f$.
\item $\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \gamma = \alpha$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\end{lemma}
\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
(1): Since $f$ is convex and $\sigma(E, F)$-lower semicontinuous, $\text{epi}(f)$ is $\sigma(E \times \real, F \times \real)$-closed and convex. By the \hyperref[Hahn-Banach Theorem]{theorem:hahn-banach-geometric-2}, there exists $\phi \in F$ and $\mu \in \real$ such that
\[
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in \text{epi}(f)}\dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{E} + \mu \alpha
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in \text{epi}(f)}\dpn{y, \phi}{E} - \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{E} - \mu \alpha
\]
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily large by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu < 0$. Thus for each $y \in E$,
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily small by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu > 0$. Thus for each $y \in \bracs{f < \infty}$,
\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)
\dpn{x, \phi}{E} - \mu\alpha &> \dpn{y, \phi}{E} - \mu f(y) \\
-\dpn{y, \phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \phi}{E} - \mu\alpha &> -\mu f(y)\\
\dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} - \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha &< f(y)
\end{align*}
so $-\dpn{\cdot, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha \le f$.
so $(\mu^{-1}\phi, \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} - \alpha) \le f$ and
\[
\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} - \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{E} + \alpha = \alpha
\]
\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 $(\phi, \alpha) \in F \times \real$, denote $(\phi, \alpha) \le f$ if $\dpn{\cdot, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha \le f$, then for each $x \in E$,
\item For each $x \in E$,
\[
f^{**}(x) = \sup\bracs{\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha|(\phi, \alpha) \in F \times \real, (\phi, \alpha) \le f}
\]
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f^{**}(x) \ge \sup\bracs{\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \alpha| \phi \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
(2): By \autoref{lemma:conjugate-function-gymnatics}, $f^{**}$ is lower semicontinuous and convex with $f^{**} \le f$, so $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \text{epi}(f)$ and $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$. Thus it is sufficient to show that $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \subset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
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
\[
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in A}\dpn{y, \phi}{\lambda} + \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} + \mu \alpha
\sup_{(y, \beta) \in A}\dpn{y, \phi}{\lambda} - \mu \beta < \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \mu \alpha
\]
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily large by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu \le 0$.
Since for any $(y, \beta) \in A$, $\beta$ may be arbitrarily large by \autoref{lemma:closed-convex-epigraph}, $\mu \ge 0$.
In the case that $\mu < 0$, for each $y \in E$,
In the case that $\mu > 0$, for each $y \in \bracs{f < \infty}$,
\begin{align*}
\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} + \mu\alpha &> \dpn{y, \phi}{\lambda} + \mu f(y) \\
\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \alpha & < \dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + f(y) \\
-\dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \alpha &< f(y)
\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \mu\alpha &> \dpn{y, \phi}{\lambda} - \mu f(y) \\
-\dpn{y, \phi}{\lambda} + \dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda} - \mu\alpha &> - \mu f(y) \\
\dpn{y, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} - \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \alpha &< f(y)
\end{align*}
so $(-\mu^{-1}\phi, -\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} - \alpha) \le f$ and
so $(\mu^{-1}\phi, \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} - \alpha) \le f$ and
\[
f^{**}(x) \ge -\dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \alpha \ge \alpha
f^{**}(x) \ge \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} - \dpn{x, \mu^{-1}\phi}{\lambda} + \alpha \ge \alpha
\]
Given that $f^* \ne \infty$, there exists at least one pair $(\phi_0, \gamma_0) \in F \times \real$ such that $(\phi_0, \gamma_0) \le f$.
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As the above holds for all $t > 0$, $f^{**}(x) = \infty \ge \alpha$. Since $f^{**}(x) \ge \alpha$ for all $(x, \alpha) \in E \times \real \setminus A$, $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \subset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
By \autoref{lemma:conjugate-function-gymnatics}, $f^{**}$ is lower semicontinuous and convex with so $f^{**} \le f$, so $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \text{epi}(f)$ and $\text{epi}(f^{**}) \supset \ol{\text{Conv}}(\text{epi}(f))$.
\end{proof}
\begin{corollary}

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\section{Seminorms}
\section{Convex Sets and Seminorms}
\label{section:seminorms}

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$PI([a, b], \gamma; E)$ & 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} \\
$(\phi, \alpha) \le f$ & $\phi - \alpha \le f$. $(\phi, \alpha)$ is an affine minorant of $f$. & \autoref{definition:affine-minorant} \\
$f^*$ & Conjugate function of $f$. & \autoref{definition:conjugate-function} \\
% ---- Interpolation Spaces ---- \\
$\catc_1$ & Category of compatible couples in $\catc$. & \autoref{definition:compatible-category} \\