/- Copyright (c) 2020 Frédéric Dupuis. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Frédéric Dupuis -/ import analysis.convex.function import topology.algebra.affine import topology.local_extr import topology.metric_space.basic /-! # Minima and maxima of convex functions We show that if a function `f : E → β` is convex, then a local minimum is also a global minimum, and likewise for concave functions. -/ variables {E β : Type*} [add_comm_group E] [topological_space E] [module ℝ E] [topological_add_group E] [has_continuous_smul ℝ E] [ordered_add_comm_group β] [module ℝ β] [ordered_smul ℝ β] {s : set E} open set filter function open_locale classical topological_space /-- Helper lemma for the more general case: `is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on`. -/ lemma is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on_Icc {f : ℝ → β} {a b : ℝ} (a_lt_b : a < b) (h_local_min : is_local_min_on f (Icc a b) a) (h_conv : convex_on ℝ (Icc a b) f) : is_min_on f (Icc a b) a := begin rintro c hc, dsimp only [mem_set_of_eq], rw [is_local_min_on, nhds_within_Icc_eq_nhds_within_Ici a_lt_b] at h_local_min, rcases hc.1.eq_or_lt with rfl|a_lt_c, { exact le_rfl }, have H₁ : ∀ᶠ y in 𝓝[>] a, f a ≤ f y, from h_local_min.filter_mono (nhds_within_mono _ Ioi_subset_Ici_self), have H₂ : ∀ᶠ y in 𝓝[>] a, y ∈ Ioc a c, from Ioc_mem_nhds_within_Ioi (left_mem_Ico.2 a_lt_c), rcases (H₁.and H₂).exists with ⟨y, hfy, hy_ac⟩, rcases (convex.mem_Ioc a_lt_c).mp hy_ac with ⟨ya, yc, ya₀, yc₀, yac, rfl⟩, suffices : ya • f a + yc • f a ≤ ya • f a + yc • f c, from (smul_le_smul_iff_of_pos yc₀).1 (le_of_add_le_add_left this), calc ya • f a + yc • f a = f a : by rw [← add_smul, yac, one_smul] ... ≤ f (ya * a + yc * c) : hfy ... ≤ ya • f a + yc • f c : h_conv.2 (left_mem_Icc.2 a_lt_b.le) hc ya₀ yc₀.le yac end /-- A local minimum of a convex function is a global minimum, restricted to a set `s`. -/ lemma is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on {f : E → β} {a : E} (a_in_s : a ∈ s) (h_localmin : is_local_min_on f s a) (h_conv : convex_on ℝ s f) : is_min_on f s a := begin intros x x_in_s, let g : ℝ →ᵃ[ℝ] E := affine_map.line_map a x, have hg0 : g 0 = a := affine_map.line_map_apply_zero a x, have hg1 : g 1 = x := affine_map.line_map_apply_one a x, have hgc : continuous g, from affine_map.line_map_continuous, have h_maps : maps_to g (Icc 0 1) s, { simpa only [maps_to', ← segment_eq_image_line_map] using h_conv.1.segment_subset a_in_s x_in_s }, have fg_local_min_on : is_local_min_on (f ∘ g) (Icc 0 1) 0, { rw ← hg0 at h_localmin, exact h_localmin.comp_continuous_on h_maps hgc.continuous_on (left_mem_Icc.2 zero_le_one) }, have fg_min_on : is_min_on (f ∘ g) (Icc 0 1 : set ℝ) 0, { refine is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on_Icc one_pos fg_local_min_on _, exact (h_conv.comp_affine_map g).subset h_maps (convex_Icc 0 1) }, simpa only [hg0, hg1, comp_app, mem_set_of_eq] using fg_min_on (right_mem_Icc.2 zero_le_one) end /-- A local maximum of a concave function is a global maximum, restricted to a set `s`. -/ lemma is_max_on.of_is_local_max_on_of_concave_on {f : E → β} {a : E} (a_in_s : a ∈ s) (h_localmax: is_local_max_on f s a) (h_conc : concave_on ℝ s f) : is_max_on f s a := @is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on _ βᵒᵈ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s f a a_in_s h_localmax h_conc /-- A local minimum of a convex function is a global minimum. -/ lemma is_min_on.of_is_local_min_of_convex_univ {f : E → β} {a : E} (h_local_min : is_local_min f a) (h_conv : convex_on ℝ univ f) : ∀ x, f a ≤ f x := λ x, (is_min_on.of_is_local_min_on_of_convex_on (mem_univ a) (h_local_min.on univ) h_conv) (mem_univ x) /-- A local maximum of a concave function is a global maximum. -/ lemma is_max_on.of_is_local_max_of_convex_univ {f : E → β} {a : E} (h_local_max : is_local_max f a) (h_conc : concave_on ℝ univ f) : ∀ x, f x ≤ f a := @is_min_on.of_is_local_min_of_convex_univ _ βᵒᵈ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ f a h_local_max h_conc