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Extending quasiconvex functions from uniformly convex sets

Functional Analysis 2026-03-06 v1

Abstract

Let XX be a normed space of a finite dimension at least two, and CXC\subsetneq X a closed convex set with nonempty interior. We are interested in extending Lipschitz quasiconvex functions on CC to quasiconvex functions on XX. We show that, unlike what holds for convex functions, in general one cannot obtain Lipschitz extensions (except for trivial cases). If we require just uniformly continuous or continuous extensions, such extendability properties for CC are shown to be characterized by some geometric properties of CC.

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@article{arxiv.2603.05206,
  title  = {Extending quasiconvex functions from uniformly convex sets},
  author = {Carlo Alberto De Bernardi and Libor Veselý},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.05206},
  year   = {2026}
}

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