Locally piecewise affine functions and their order structure

Abstract: Piecewise affine functions on subsets of

m a t h b b R^{m}

were studied in cite{Ovchinnikov:02,Aliprantis:06a,Aliprantis:07a,Aliprantis:07}. In this paper we study a more general concept of a locally piecewise affine function. We characterize locally piecewise affine functions in terms of components and regions. We prove that a positive function is locally piecewise affine iff it is the supremum of a locally finite sequence of piecewise affine functions. We prove that locally piecewise affine functions are uniformly dense in

C (m a t h b b R^{m})

, while piecewise affine functions are sequentially order dense in

C (m a t h b b R^{m})

. This paper is partially based on cite{Adeeb:14}.

Review text

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)].

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