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Inclusion and Intersection Relations Between Fundamental Classes of Discrete Convex Functions

Combinatorics 2023-02-06 v3

Abstract

In discrete convex analysis, various convexity concepts are considered for discrete functions such as separable convexity, L-convexity, M-convexity, integral convexity, and multimodularity. These concepts of discrete convex functions are not mutually independent. For example, M-natural-convexity is a special case of integral convexity, and the combination of L-natural-convexity and M-natural-convexity coincides with separable convexity. This paper aims at a fairly comprehensive analysis of the inclusion and intersection relations for various classes of discrete convex functions. Emphasis is put on the analysis of multimodularity in relation to L-natural-convexity and M-natural-convexity.

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@article{arxiv.2111.07240,
  title  = {Inclusion and Intersection Relations Between Fundamental Classes of Discrete Convex Functions},
  author = {Satoko Moriguchi and Kazuo Murota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.07240},
  year   = {2023}
}

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36 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1907.09161

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