Subdifferential and Properties of Convex Functions with respect to Vector Fields
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چکیده
We study properties of functions convex with respect to a given family X of vector fields, a notion that appears natural in Carnot-Carathéodory metric spaces. We define a suitable subdifferential and show that a continuous function is X -convex if and only if such subdifferential is nonempty at every point. For vector fields of Carnot type we deduce from this property that a generalized Fenchel transform is involutive and a weak form of Jensen inequality. Finally we introduce and compare several notions of X -affine functions and show their connections with X -convexity.
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