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Notes on the trace problem for separately convex functions

Optimization and Control 2017-10-24 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We discuss the following question: For a function f of two or more variables which is convex in the directions of coordinate axes, how can its trace g(x) = f(x, x, ..., x) look like? In the two-dimensional case, we provide some necessary and sufficient conditions, as well as some examples illustrating that our approach does not seem to be appropriate for finding a characterization in full generality. For a concave function g, however, a characterization in the two-dimensional case is established.

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@article{arxiv.1409.8477,
  title  = {Notes on the trace problem for separately convex functions},
  author = {Ondřej Kurka and Dušan Pokorný},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.8477},
  year   = {2017}
}

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33 pages

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