Libor Veselý | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Extending quasiconvex functions from uniformly convex sets

Let $X$ be a normed space of a finite dimension at least two, and $C\subsetneq X$ a closed convex set with nonempty interior. We are interested in extending Lipschitz quasiconvex functions on $C$ to quasiconvex functions on $X$. We show that, unlike what holds for convex functions, in general one cannot obtain Lipschitz extensions (except for trivial cases). If we require just uniformly continuous or continuous extensions, such extendability properties for $C$ are shown to be characterized by some geometric properties of $C$.

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arXiv2022

Extendability of continuous quasiconvex functions from subspaces

Let $Y$ be a subspace of a topological vector space $X$, and $A\subset X$ an open convex set that intersects $Y$. We say that the property $(QE)$ [property $(CE)$] holds if every continuous quasiconvex [continuous convex] function on $A\cap Y$ admits a continuous quasiconvex [continuous convex] extension defined on $A$. We study relations between $(QE)$ and $(CE)$ properties, proving that $(QE)$ always implies $(CE)$ and that, under suitable hypotheses (satisfied for example if $X$ is a normed space and $Y$ is a closed subspace of $X$), the two properties are equivalent. By combining the previous implications between $(QE)$ and $(CE)$ properties with known results about the property $(CE)$, we obtain some new positive results about the extension of quasiconvex continuous functions. In particular, we generalize the results contained in \cite{DEQEX} to the infinite-dimensional separable case. Moreover, we also immediately obtain existence of examples in which $(QE)$ does not hold.

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