On the Relationship between L-convex Functions and Submodular Integrally Convex Functions
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This paper shows the equivalence between Murota’s L-convex functions and Favati and Tardella’s submodular integrally convex functions: For a submodular integrally convex function g(p1, . . . , pn), the function g̃ defined by g̃(p0, p1, . . . , pn) = g(p1 − p0, . . . , pn − p0) is an L-convex function, and vice versa. This fact implies, in combination with known results for L-convex functions, that submodular integrally convex functions enjoy a discrete separation property and that they are characterized as the Fenchel-Legendre conjugates of M-convex functions on generalized polymatroids.
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