The algebraic dual of a cone #
Given a bilinear pairing p between two R-modules M and N and a set s in M, we define
PointedCone.dual p s to be the pointed cone in N consisting of all points y such that
0 ≤ p x y for all x ∈ s.
When the pairing is perfect, this gives us the algebraic dual of a cone. This is developed here.
When the pairing is continuous and perfect (as a continuous pairing), this gives us the topological
dual instead. See Mathlib/Analysis/Convex/Cone/Dual.lean for that case.
Implementation notes #
We do not provide a ConvexCone-valued version of PointedCone.dual since the dual cone of any set
always contains 0, i.e. is a pointed cone.
Furthermore, the strict version {y | ∀ x ∈ s, 0 < p x y} is a candidate to the name
ConvexCone.dual.
TODO #
Deduce from dual_flip_dual_dual_flip that polyhedral cones are invariant under taking double duals
The dual cone of a set s with respect to a bilinear pairing p is the cone consisting of all
points y such that for all points x ∈ s we have 0 ≤ p x y.
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Instances For
The inner dual cone of a singleton is given by the preimage of the positive cone under the
linear map p x.
The dual cone of s equals the intersection of dual cones of the points in s.
Any set is a subset of its double dual cone.