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Inner and outer smooth approximation of convex hypersurfaces. When is it possible?

Metric Geometry 2022-04-18 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let SS be a convex hypersurface (the boundary of a closed convex set VV with nonempty interior) in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. We prove that SS contains no lines if and only if for every open set USU\supset S there exists a real-analytic convex hypersurface SUUint(V)S_{U} \subset U\cap \textrm{int}(V) . We also show that SS contains no rays if and only if for every open set USU\supset S there exists a real-analytic convex hypersurface SUUVS_{U}\subset U\setminus V. Moreover, in both cases, SUS_U can be taken strongly convex. We also establish similar results for convex functions defined on open convex subsets of Rn\mathbb{R}^n, completely characterizing the class of convex functions that can be approximated in the C0C^0-fine topology by smooth convex functions from above or from below. We also provide similar results for C1C^1-fine approximations

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@article{arxiv.2204.07498,
  title  = {Inner and outer smooth approximation of convex hypersurfaces. When is it possible?},
  author = {Daniel Azagra and Dmitriy Stolyarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.07498},
  year   = {2022}
}

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22 pages

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