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In this work we deal with set-valued functions with values in the power set of a separated locally convex space where a nontrivial pointed convex cone induces a partial order relation. A set-valued function is evenly convex if its epigraph is an evenly convex set, i.e., it is the intersection of an arbitrary family of open half-spaces. In this paper we characterize evenly convex set-valued functions as the pointwise supremum of its set-valued e-affine minorants. Moreover, a suitable conjugation pattern will be developed for these functions, as well as the counterpart of the biconjugation Fenchel-Moreau theorem.
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Research partially supported by MINECO of Spain and ERDF of EU, Grant MTM2014-59179-C2-1-P.
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Fajardo, M.D. Set-Valued Evenly Convex Functions: Characterizations and C-Conjugacy. Set-Valued Var. Anal 30, 827–846 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11228-021-00621-0
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Keywords
- Evenly convex sets
- Set-valued functions
- Partially ordered spaces
- Convex conjugation
- Fenchel-Moreau theorem