Absolutely convex set
In mathematics, a subset C of a real or complex vector space is said to be absolutely convex or disked if it is convex and balanced (some people use the term "circled" instead of "balanced"), in which case it is called a disk. The disked hull or the absolute convex hull of a set is the intersection of all disks containing that set.
Definition
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A subset of a real or complex vector space is called a disk and is said to be disked, absolutely convex, and convex balanced if any of the following equivalent conditions is satisfied:
- is convex and balanced.
- for any scalars and if then
- for all scalars and if then
- for any scalars if then
- for any scalars if then
The smallest convex (resp. balanced) subset of containing a set is called the convex hull (resp. balanced hull) of that set and is denoted by (resp. ).
Similarly, the disked hull, the absolute convex hull, and the convex balanced hull of a set is defined to be the smallest disk (with respect to subset inclusion) containing [1] The disked hull of will be denoted by or and it is equal to each of the following sets:
- which is the convex hull of the balanced hull of ; thus,
- In general, is possible, even in finite dimensional vector spaces.
- the intersection of all disks containing
- where the are elements of the underlying field.
Sufficient conditions
The intersection of arbitrarily many absolutely convex sets is again absolutely convex; however, unions of absolutely convex sets need not be absolutely convex anymore.
If is a disk in then is absorbing in if and only if [2]
Properties
If is an absorbing disk in a vector space then there exists an absorbing disk in such that [3] If is a disk and and are scalars then and
The absolutely convex hull of a bounded set in a locally convex topological vector space is again bounded.
If is a bounded disk in a TVS and if is a sequence in then the partial sums are Cauchy, where for all [4] In particular, if in addition is a sequentially complete subset of then this series converges in to some point of
The convex balanced hull of contains both the convex hull of and the balanced hull of Furthermore, it contains the balanced hull of the convex hull of thus where the example below shows that this inclusion might be strict. However, for any subsets if then which implies
Examples
Although the convex balanced hull of is not necessarily equal to the balanced hull of the convex hull of [1] For an example where let be the real vector space and let Then is a strict subset of that is not even convex; in particular, this example also shows that the balanced hull of a convex set is not necessarily convex. The set is equal to the closed and filled square in with vertices and (this is because the balanced set must contain both and where since is also convex, it must consequently contain the solid square which for this particular example happens to also be balanced so that ). However, is equal to the horizontal closed line segment between the two points in so that is instead a closed "hour glass shaped" subset that intersects the -axis at exactly the origin and is the union of two closed and filled isosceles triangles: one whose vertices are the origin together with and the other triangle whose vertices are the origin together with This non-convex filled "hour-glass" is a proper subset of the filled square
See also
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- Absorbing set – Set that can be "inflated" to reach any point
- Auxiliary normed space
- Balanced set – Construct in functional analysis
- Bounded set (topological vector space) – Generalization of boundedness
- Convex set – In geometry, set whose intersection with every line is a single line segment
- Star domain – Property of point sets in Euclidean spaces
- Symmetric set – Property of group subsets (mathematics)
- Vector (geometric) – Geometric object that has length and direction , for vectors in physics
- Vector field – Assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of Euclidean space
References
- ^ a b Trèves 2006, p. 68.
- ^ Narici & Beckenstein 2011, pp. 67–113.
- ^ Narici & Beckenstein 2011, pp. 149–153.
- ^ Narici & Beckenstein 2011, p. 471.
Bibliography
- Robertson, A.P.; W.J. Robertson (1964). Topological vector spaces. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. Vol. 53. Cambridge University Press. pp. 4–6.
- Narici, Lawrence; Beckenstein, Edward (2011). Topological Vector Spaces. Pure and applied mathematics (Second ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1584888666. OCLC 144216834.
- Schaefer, Helmut H.; Wolff, Manfred P. (1999). Topological Vector Spaces. GTM. Vol. 8 (Second ed.). New York, NY: Springer New York Imprint Springer. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4612-7155-0. OCLC 840278135.
- Trèves, François (2006) [1967]. Topological Vector Spaces, Distributions and Kernels. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-45352-1. OCLC 853623322.