Spherically Convex Sets and Spherically Convex Functions
Journal of convex analysis, Tome 28 (2021) no. 1, pp. 103-122
We define first the spherical convexity of sets and functions on general curved surfaces by an analytic approach. Then we study several kinds of properties of spherically convex sets and functions. Several analogies of the results for convex sets and convex functions on Euclidean spaces are established or rediscovered for spherically convex sets and spherically convex functions, such as the Radon-type, Helly-type, Carathéodory-type and Minkowski-type theorems for spherically convex sets, and the Jensen's inequality for spherically convex functions etc. The results obtained here might have applications in some areas, e.g. in the optimization theory on general spherical spaces.
Classification :
52A55, 52A20, 52A35, 52A41
Mots-clés : Spherical convexity, Helly theorem, Carathéodory theorem, Jensen's inequality
Mots-clés : Spherical convexity, Helly theorem, Carathéodory theorem, Jensen's inequality
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title = {Spherically {Convex} {Sets} and {Spherically} {Convex} {Functions}},
journal = {Journal of convex analysis},
pages = {103--122},
year = {2021},
volume = {28},
number = {1},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/JCA_2021_28_1_JCA_2021_28_1_a8/}
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Q. Guo; Y. Peng. Spherically Convex Sets and Spherically Convex Functions. Journal of convex analysis, Tome 28 (2021) no. 1, pp. 103-122. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/JCA_2021_28_1_JCA_2021_28_1_a8/