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On Convex Cones for which Criticality Coincides with Antipodality

2026 · Journal of Convex Analysis · 0 citations · 14 references

Abstract

<jats:p> Let <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">K</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> be a proper cone in a Euclidean space <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">E</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> . An antipodal pair of <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">K</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> is a pair of unit vectors in <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">K</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> that achieves the maximum angle <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">\theta_{\rm max}(K)</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">m</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">a</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> of the cone. A critical pair of <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">K</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> is a pair of unit vectors in <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">K</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> that satisfies the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions of the nonconvex optimization problem defining <jats:inline-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math notation="LaTeX">\theta_{\rm max}(K)</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">m</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">a</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:inline-formula> . Antipodality implies criticality, but not conversely. This work studies the class of proper cones for which antipodality and criticality coincide. </jats:p>

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