Strong Fenchel Duality

Abstract

Fenchel's Duality Theorem concerns the problem of minimizing the difference of a convex function f and a concave function g. The duality resides in the connection between the above primal problem and the dual problem of minimizing the difference of the concave conjugate g* and the convex conjugate f*. In general a duality gap may exist between the two problems unless some regularity condition is imposed. Here a family of different duals is suggested for which a duality gap does not exist.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002923

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  • A. Ben-tal

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