Almost everywhere convex functions on \(\mathbb R^n\) and weak derivatives
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Almost everywhere convex functions on \(\mathbb R^n\) and weak derivatives
zbMATH Open document ID: 1009.49016
DOI: 10.1007/BF02844421
author: Matteo Rocca
author: Davide La Torre
publication date: 2003-03-18T00:00:00Z
review text: In this paper the authors study characterizations of almost everywhere (a.e.) convex functions, that is functions that are equal a.e. to a convex function, defined on an open, bounded and convex subset \(\Omega\) of \(\mathbb R^n\). Their main results provide necessary or sufficient conditions for a function to be a.e. convex. In particular, they show that any function a.e. convex belongs to \(W^{1,p}_{\text{loc}}\) for every \(p\geq 1\) and satisfies the first order condition \(f(x)-f(y)\geq\langle\nabla f(y),x-y\rangle\) for almost all \(x,y\in\Omega\), where \(\nabla f\) denotes the weak gradient of \(f\). Conversely, they prove that if \(f\) belongs to \(W^{1,p^*}_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)\) for some \(p^*\geq 1\), and satisfies the first order condition a.e., then it is a.e. convex.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J52
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46N10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 26B25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J40
zbMATH DE Number: 1884300
zbMATH Keywords: almost everywhere convex functions
zbMATH Keywords: weak gradients
zbMATH Keywords: standard mollifiers
reviewed by: Rita Pini
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02844421
OpenAlex ID: W1974383686
published in: Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo
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