Lemma 18.4.3.label Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $\real$, then:

  1. (1)

    For any non-empty $A \subset E$, let $\ol{\conv}(A)$ be the $\sigma(E, F)$-closed convex hull of $A$, then $H_{A} = H_{\ol{\conv}(A)}$.

  2. (2)

    For any non-empty $A, B \subset E$, $H_{A} \le H_{B}$ if and only if $A$ is contained in the $\sigma(E, F)$-closed convex hull of $B$.

  3. (3)

    For any non-empty $A \subset E$, $I_{A}^{*} = H_{A}$.

  4. (4)

    For any $A \subset E$ non-empty, $\sigma(E, F)$-closed, and convex, $H_{A}^{*} = I_{A}$.

Proof. (1): Since $\ol{\conv}(A) \supset A$, $H_{A} \le H_{\ol{\conv}(A)}$. On the other hand, for each $\phi \in F$, $A \subset \bracs{\phi \le H_A(\phi)}$. Since $\bracs{\phi \le H_A(\phi)}$ is a $\sigma(E, F)$-closed convex set, it contains $\ol{\conv}(A)$. Thus $\ol{\conv}(A) \subset \bracs{\phi \le H_A(\phi)}$ and $H_{\ol{\conv}(A)}(\phi) \le H_{A}(\phi)$.

(2): Using (1), assume without loss of generality that $B$ is $\sigma(E, F)$-closed and convex. Suppose that $H_{A} \le H_{B}$, then $A \subset \bigcap_{\phi \in F}\bracs{\phi \le H_B(\phi)}$. By the Hahn-Banach Theorem, $B = \bigcap_{\phi \in F}\bracs{\phi \le H_B(\phi)}$, so $A \subset B$.

(3): Let $\phi \in F$, then since $I_{A}|_{A^c}= \infty$,

\begin{align*}I_{A}^{*}(\phi)&= \sup_{x \in E}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda}- I_{A}(x) = \sup_{x \in A}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda}- I_{A}(x) \\&= \sup_{x \in A}\dpn{x, \phi}{\lambda}= H_{A}(\phi)\end{align*}

(4): Given that $A$ is $\sigma(E, F)$-closed and convex, $I_{S}$ is convex and lower semicontinuous. By the Fenchel-Moreau Theorem and (3), $I_{A} = I_{A}^{**}= H_{A}^{*}$.$\square$

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