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Concepts in convex analysis
A set C and its dual cone C*. A set C and its polar cone Co. The dual cone and the polar cone are symmetric to each other with respect to the origin.Dual cone and polar cone are closely related concepts in convex analysis, a branch of mathematics.
The dual cone C* of a subset C in a linear space X over the reals, e.g. Euclidean space Rn, with dual space X* is the set
where ⟨ y , x ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle y,x\rangle } is the duality pairing between X and X*, i.e. ⟨ y , x ⟩ = y ( x ) {\displaystyle \langle y,x\rangle =y(x)} .
The set C ∗ {\displaystyle C^{*}} is always a convex cone, even if C {\displaystyle C} is neither convex nor a cone.
In a topological vector space[edit]If X is a topological vector space over the real or complex numbers, then the dual cone of a subset C ⊆ X is the following set of continuous linear functionals on X:
which is the polar of the set -C. No matter what C is, C ′ {\displaystyle C^{\prime }} will be a convex cone. If C ⊆ {0} then C ′ = X ′ {\displaystyle C^{\prime }=X^{\prime }} .
In a Hilbert space (internal dual cone)[edit]Alternatively, many authors define the dual cone in the context of a real Hilbert space (such as Rn equipped with the Euclidean inner product) to be what is sometimes called the internal dual cone.
Using this latter definition for C*, we have that when C is a cone, the following properties hold:[2]
A cone C in a vector space X is said to be self-dual if X can be equipped with an inner product ⟨⋅,⋅⟩ such that the internal dual cone relative to this inner product is equal to C.[3] Those authors who define the dual cone as the internal dual cone in a real Hilbert space usually say that a cone is self-dual if it is equal to its internal dual. This is slightly different from the above definition, which permits a change of inner product. For instance, the above definition makes a cone in Rn with ellipsoidal base self-dual, because the inner product can be changed to make the base spherical, and a cone with spherical base in Rn is equal to its internal dual.
The nonnegative orthant of Rn and the space of all positive semidefinite matrices are self-dual, as are the cones with ellipsoidal base (often called "spherical cones", "Lorentz cones", or sometimes "ice-cream cones"). So are all cones in R3 whose base is the convex hull of a regular polygon with an odd number of vertices. A less regular example is the cone in R3 whose base is the "house": the convex hull of a square and a point outside the square forming an equilateral triangle (of the appropriate height) with one of the sides of the square.
The polar of the closed convex cone C is the closed convex cone Co, and vice versa.For a set C in X, the polar cone of C is the set[4]
It can be seen that the polar cone is equal to the negative of the dual cone, i.e. Co = −C*.
For a closed convex cone C in X, the polar cone is equivalent to the polar set for C.[5]
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