Absolutely convex set

A set C in a real or complex vector space is said to be absolutely convex if it is convex and balanced.

Properties

A set $C$ is absolutely convex if and only if for any points $x_1, \, x_2$ in $C$ and any numbers $\lambda_1, \, \lambda_2$ satisfying $|\lambda_1| + |\lambda_2| \leq 1$ the sum $\lambda_1 x_1 + \lambda_2 x_2$ belongs to $C$ .

Since the intersection of any collection of absolutely convex sets is absolutely convex then for any subset A of a vector space one can define its absolutely convex hull to be the intersection of all absolutely convex sets containing A.

Absolutely convex hull

The light gray area is the Absolutely convex hull of the cross.

The absolutely convex hull of the set A assumes the following representation

$\mbox{absconv} A = \left\{\sum_{i=1}^n\lambda_i x_i : n \in \N, \, x_i \in A, \, \sum_{i=1}^n|\lambda_i| \leq 1 \right\}$ .

References

Robertson, A.P.; W.J. Robertson (1964). Topological vector spaces. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 53. Cambridge University Press. pp. 4–6.

Functional analysis

Set / subset types	Absolutely convex Absorbing Balanced Bounded Convex Radial Star-shaped Symmetric Linear cone (subset) Convex cone (subset)

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Analysis	Bochner space Differentiation in Fréchet spaces Derivatives (Fréchet Gâteaux functional holomorphic) Integrals (Bochner Dunford Gelfand–Pettis regulated weak) Functional calculus (Borel continuous holomorphic) Inverse function theorem (Nash–Moser theorem) Vector measure

Absolutely convex set

Properties

Absolutely convex hull

References

See also