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For a closed proper convex function on finite-dimensional Euclidean space, Fenchel's supremum construction gives a convex conjugate satisfying <x,xi> <= f(x)+f*(xi), with symmetric recovery of the original function by conjugation. Supporting hyperplanes connect equality to conjugate points without requiring differentiability.
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The original formulates a finite convex function on a convex domain, lower semicontinuity and blow-up at excluded boundary points; the extended-real closed-proper formulation here encodes those domain conditions. The conjugate is finite only on its effective domain, not necessarily on all Euclidean space. Equality need not be attained at every boundary point. The general conjugacy theorem is not an unrestricted smooth Legendre-gradient bijection, an infinite-dimensional theorem, or a strong-duality theorem without qualification.
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Werner Fenchel
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Fenchel establishes symmetric convex conjugacy in finite dimensions
For a closed proper convex function on finite-dimensional Euclidean space, Fenchel's supremum construction gives a convex conjugate satisfying <x,xi> <= f(x)+f*(xi), with symmetric recovery of the original function by conjugation. Supporting hyperplanes connect equality to conjugate points without requiring differentiability.
Scientific scope
The original formulates a finite convex function on a convex domain, lower semicontinuity and blow-up at excluded boundary points; the extended-real closed-proper formulation here encodes those domain conditions. The conjugate is finite only on its effective domain, not necessarily on all Euclidean space. Equality need not be attained at every boundary point. The general conjugacy theorem is not an unrestricted smooth Legendre-gradient bijection, an infinite-dimensional theorem, or a strong-duality theorem without qualification.
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Werner Fenchel
Source-listed authors for the exact contribution; experimental subjects are not autonomous scientific authors. Source support and predecessor work retain separate roles. Individual effort shares and unresolved identities are not inferred.