Locally piecewise affine functions and their order structure (Q2358768)

A function \(f:\mathbb{R}^m\to \mathbb{R}\) is locally piecewise affine if its restriction to any bounded convex closed subset \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^m\) is piecewise affine. It is proved that the family \({\mathcal P}{\mathcal A}\) of all locally piecewise affine functions is uniformly dense in the space \(\mathbb{C}\mathbb{R}^m\) of all continuous functions. Moreover, piecewise affine functions are sequentially order dense in the space. The present paper provides an extension of previous results [see, e.g., \textit{C. Aliprantis} and \textit{O. Burkinshaw}, C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 342, No. 10, 741--744 (2006; Zbl 1105.30037)].