Convex functions with unbounded gradient

DOI10.1007/BF03322903MaRDI QIDQ817170zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Oliver C. Schnurer

Publication date 7 March 2006

Published in Results in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504567

zbMATH Keywords

convex domainsconvex functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Convex functions and convex programs in convex geometry (52A41) General convexity (52A99)

Abstract: We show that domains, that allow for convex functions with unbounded gradient at their boundary, are convex.

Review text

The author extends to a domain \(\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^n\) a result previously obtained in the context of affine hypersufaces by \textit{N. S. Trudinger} and \textit{X.-J. Wang} [Invent. Math. 150, No. 1, 45--60 (2002; Zbl 1071.53008)]. He shows that if there exists a convex function \(u:\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^n\to \mathbb R\), such that \(\nabla u\) becomes unbounded near \(\partial \Omega,\) then \(\Omega\) is convex. The notion of convexity is given for a real function \(u\) defined on a given domain \(\Omega\) as follows: \(u\) is convex if \[ u(\tau x+(1-\tau)y)\leq \tau u(x)+(1-\tau)u(y), \] for all \(x,y\in \Omega,\) and all \(\tau\in (0,1)\) such that \(\tau x+(1-\tau)y\in \Omega.\) The proof makes a brilliant use of basic facts about convexity and standard properties of functions of several variables.

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