A General Formula on the Conjugate of the Difference of Functions
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Mathematical Society in Canadian Mathematical Bulletin
- Vol. 29 (4) , 482-485
- https://doi.org/10.4153/cmb-1986-076-7
Abstract
Given an arbitrary function g :X → (-∞, +∞] and a lowersemicontinuous convex function h:X → (-∞, +∞], we give the general expression of the conjugate (g — h)* of g - h in terms of g* and h*. As a consequence, we get Toland's duality theorem:Keywords
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