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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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60 <strong>Convex</strong> Bodies<br />

C<br />

D<br />

Fig. 4.3. Separated <strong>and</strong> strongly separated unbounded convex sets<br />

Let Q be the field of rationals. A way to specify a convex body C in the context<br />

of algorithmic convex geometry is by means of oracles. The strong <strong>and</strong> the weak<br />

separation oracles are as follows:<br />

Oracle 4.1. Given a point y ∈ E d , the oracle says that y ∈ C or specifies a vector<br />

u ∈ E d such that u · x < u · y for all x ∈ C.<br />

Oracle 4.2. Given a point y ∈ Q d <strong>and</strong> a rational ε>0, the oracle says that y ∈ Cε<br />

or specifies a vector u ∈ Q d with maximum norm ||u||∞ = 1 such that u · x < u · y<br />

for all x ∈ C−ε.<br />

The strong <strong>and</strong> the weak membership oracles are the following:<br />

Oracle 4.3. Given a point y ∈ E d , the oracle says that y ∈ Cory�∈ C.<br />

Oracle 4.4. Given a point y ∈ Q d <strong>and</strong> a rational ε>0, the oracle says that y ∈ Cε<br />

or y �∈ C−ε.<br />

The weak oracles are shaped more to the need of real life algorithms used by<br />

computers.<br />

4.3 Lyapunov’s <strong>Convex</strong>ity Theorem<br />

<strong>Convex</strong> geometry has many applications in other areas of mathematics <strong>and</strong> in related<br />

fields. The applications are of many different types. In some cases the notion of convexity<br />

or other notions of convex geometry serve to describe or clarify a situation.<br />

An example is the Lyapunov convexity theorem 4.5. Sometimes it is a convexity<br />

condition which yields an interesting result, such as the Bohr–Mollerup characterization<br />

1.11 of the gamma function or the sufficient condition of Courant <strong>and</strong> Hilbert<br />

in the calculus of variations, see Theorem 2.12. Finally, in some cases, methods or<br />

results of convex geometry are useful, sometimes indispensable, tools for proofs.<br />

For examples, see the proofs of Pontryagin’s minimum principle 4.6, Birkhoff’s<br />

theorem 5.7 <strong>and</strong> the isoperimetric inequalities of mathematical physics in Sects. 8.4<br />

<strong>and</strong> 9.4.<br />

In the following we present a proof of Lyapunov’s convexity theorem on vectorvalued<br />

measures.<br />

For vector measures, a good reference is Diestel <strong>and</strong> Uhl [267]. More recent<br />

surveys on Lyapunov’s convexity theorem are Olech [779], Hill [503] <strong>and</strong> E. Saab<br />

<strong>and</strong> P. Saab [870].<br />

C<br />

D

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