The largest eigenvalue of a convex function, duality, and a theorem of Slodkowski

DOI10.1007/S12220-015-9660-0zbMATHOpenAlexMaRDI QIDQ345307FDO

Authors Matthew Dellatorre

Publication date 1 December 2016

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02231

zbMATH Keywords

convex analysisLegendre transform\(C^{1,1}\) estimatesdualilty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: First, we provide an exposition of a theorem due to Slodkowski regarding the largest "eigenvalue" of a convex function. In his work on the Dirichlet problem, Slodkowski introduces a generalized second-order derivative which for $C^2$ functions corresponds to the largest eigenvalue of the Hessian. The theorem allows one to extend an a.e lower bound on this largest "eigenvalue" to a bound holding everywhere. Via the Dirichlet duality theory of Harvey and Lawson, this result has been key to recent progress on the fully non-linear, elliptic Dirchlet problem. Second, we give a dual interpretation of this largest eigenvalue using the Legendre-Fenchel transform, and use this dual perspective to provide an alternative proof to an important step in the proof of the theorem.

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