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Quasiconvexity and Density Topology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Patrick J. Rabier
Patrick J. Rabier*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA e-mail: rabier@imap.pitt.edu
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Abstract

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We prove that if $f\,:\,{{\mathbb{R}}^{N}}\,\to \,\overline{\mathbb{R}}$ is quasiconvex and $U\,\subset \,{{\mathbb{R}}^{N}}$ is open in the density topology, then $\underset{U}{\mathop{\sup }}\,f=\text{ess}\,\underset{U}{\mathop{\sup }}\,f$, while ${{\inf }_{U}}\,f\,=\,\text{ess}\,{{\inf }_{U}}\,f$ if and only if the equality holds when $U\,\subset \,{{\mathbb{R}}^{N}}$. The first (second) property is typical of $\text{lsc}\,\text{(usc)}$ functions, and, even when $U$ is an ordinary open subset, there seems to be no record that they both hold for all quasiconvex functions.

This property ensures that the pointwise extrema of $f$ on any nonempty density open subset can be arbitrarily closely approximated by values of $f$ achieved on “large” subsets, which may be of relevance in a variety of situations. To support this claim, we use it to characterize the common points of continuity, or approximate continuity, of two quasiconvex functions that coincide away from a set of measure zero.

Keywords

52A4126B05density topologyquasiconvex functionapproximate continuitypoint of continuity
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , 14 March 2014 , pp. 178 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2014

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