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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Notes on dual norm

Dual norm is defined as
z=sup{zTx|x1} The dual norm can be interpreted as the operator norm of zT, interpreted as a 1×n matrix with the norm on Rn.

From the definition of dual norm we obtain the inequality
zTxxz
The conjugate of any norm f(x)=x is the indicator function of the dual norm unit ball
f(y)={0y1otherwise
Proof. If y>1, then by definition of the dual norm, there is a zRn with z1 and yTz>1.  Taking x=tz and letting t, we have
yTxx=t(yTzz) which shows that f(y)=.  Conversely, if y1, then we have yTxxy for all x, which implies for all x, yTxx0.  Therefore x=0 is the value that maximizes yTxx, with maximum value 0.

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