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In Section "Mathematical theorem", why the unwieldy notation with negated functions
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{\displaystyle p^{*}=\inf _{x\in X}\{f(x)+g(Ax)\}}
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{\displaystyle d^{*}=\sup _{y^{*}\in Y^{*}}\{-f^{*}(A^{*}y^{*})-g^{*}(-y^{*})\}}
instead of
p
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inf
x
∈
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{
f
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g
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A
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}
{\displaystyle p^{*}=\inf _{x\in X}\{f(x)+g(Ax)\}}
d
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inf
y
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∈
Y
∗
{
f
∗
(
A
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y
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+
g
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−
y
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}
{\displaystyle d^{*}=\inf _{y^{*}\in Y^{*}}\{f^{*}(A^{*}y^{*})+g^{*}(-y^{*})\}}
? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.132.13 (talk ) 10:12, 29 April 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
Answering my own (stupid) question:
Because
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{\displaystyle \sup _{y^{*}\in Y^{*}}\{-f^{*}(A^{*}y^{*})-g^{*}(-y^{*})\}=-\inf _{y^{*}\in Y^{*}}\{f^{*}(A^{*}y^{*})+g^{*}(-y^{*})\}}
which is equally unwieldy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.132.13 (talk ) 11:08, 29 April 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
Is there a reason "max" rather than "sup" is used in the lede? Jess_Riedel (talk ) 03:07, 2 July 2017 (UTC) [ reply ]
Thanks for noticing that. It was left over from a much earlier version which had min/max. Encyclops (talk ) 18:28, 3 July 2017 (UTC) [ reply ]