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In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, the algebraic interior or radial kernel of a subset of a vector space is a refinement of the concept of the interior. It is the subset of points contained in a given set with respect to which it is absorbing, i.e. the radial points of the set.[1] The elements of the algebraic interior are often referred to as internal points.[2][3]

If M is a linear subspace of X and $$A\subseteq X$$ then the algebraic interior ofΑ with respect to M is:[4]

$${\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{M}A:=\left\{a\in X:\forall m\in M,\exists t_{m}>0{\text{ s.t. }}a+[0,t_{m}]\cdot m\subseteq A\right\}.} where it is clear that \( {\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{M}A\subseteq A}$$ and if $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{M}A\neq \emptyset }$$ then $${\displaystyle M\subseteq \operatorname {aff} (A-A)}$$ , where $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} (A-A)}$$ is the affine hull of $${\displaystyle A-A}$$ (which is equal to $${\displaystyle \operatorname {span} (A-A)}).$$

Algebraic Interior (Core)

The set $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{X}A}$$ is called the algebraic interior of A or the core of A and it is denoted by $${\displaystyle A^{i}}$$ or $${\displaystyle \operatorname {core} A}$$ . Formally, if X is a vector space then the algebraic interior of $$A\subseteq X$$ is

$${\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{X}A:=\operatorname {core} (A):=\left\{a\in A:\forall x\in X,\exists t_{x}>0,\forall t\in [0,t_{x}],a+tx\in A\right\}.}$$[5]

If A is non-empty, then these additional subsets are also useful for the statements of many theorems in convex functional analysis (such as the Ursescu theorem):

$${\displaystyle {}^{ic}A:={\begin{cases}{}^{i}A&{\text{ if }}\operatorname {aff} A{\text{ is a closed set,}}\\\emptyset &{\text{ otherwise}}\end{cases}}}$$

$${\displaystyle {}^{ib}A:={\begin{cases}{}^{i}A&{\text{ if }}\operatorname {span} (A-a){\text{ is a barrelled linear subspace of }}X{\text{ for any/all }}a\in A{\text{,}}\\\emptyset &{\text{ otherwise}}\end{cases}}}$$

If X is a Fréchet space, A is convex, and $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} A}$$ is closed in X then \) {\displaystyle {}^{ic}A={}^{ib}A} \) but in general it's possible to have i c A = ∅ {\displaystyle {}^{ic}A=\emptyset } {\displaystyle {}^{ic}A=\emptyset } while $${\displaystyle {}^{ib}A}$$ is not empty.
Example

If $${\displaystyle A=\{x\in \mathbb {R} ^{2}:x_{2}\geq x_{1}^{2}{\text{ or }}x_{2}\leq 0\}\subseteq \mathbb {R} ^{2}}$$ then $$0\in \operatorname {core}(A)$$ , but $$0\not \in \operatorname {int}(A)$$ and $$0\not \in \operatorname {core}(\operatorname {core}(A))$$.

Properties of core

If $$A,B\subset X$$ then:

In general, $$(\operatorname {core} (A))} \operatorname {core}(A)\neq \operatorname {core}(\operatorname {core}(A)).$$
If A is a convex set then:
$$(\operatorname {core} (A))} \operatorname {core}(A)=\operatorname {core}(\operatorname {core}(A))$$, and
for all $${\displaystyle x_{0}\in \operatorname {core} A,y\in A,0<\lambda \leq 1}$$ then $${\displaystyle \lambda x_{0}+(1-\lambda )y\in \operatorname {core} A}$$
Α is absorbing if and only if $$0\in \operatorname {core}(A)$$.[1]
$$A+\operatorname {core}B\subset \operatorname {core}(A+B)$$[6]
$$A+\operatorname {core}B=\operatorname {core}(A+B)$$ if $$B=\operatorname {core}B$$[6]

Relation to interior

Let Χ be a topological vector space, $$\operatorname {int}$$ denote the interior operator, and $$A\subset X$$ then:

$$\operatorname {int}A\subseteq \operatorname {core}A$$
If Α is nonempty convex and Χ is finite-dimensional, then$$\operatorname {int}A=\operatorname {core}A$$[2]
If Α is convex with non-empty interior, then $$\operatorname {int}A=\operatorname {core}A$$ [7]
If Α is a closed convex set and Χ is a complete metric space, then $$\operatorname {int}A=\operatorname {core}A$$ [8]

Relative algebraic interior

If $${\displaystyle M=\operatorname {aff} (A-A)}$$ then the set $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aint} _{M}A}$$ is denoted by $${\displaystyle {}^{i}A:=\operatorname {aint} _{\operatorname {aff} (A-A)}A}$$ and it is called the relative algebraic interior ofΑ.[6] This name stems from the fact that $${\displaystyle a\in A^{i}}$$ if and only if aff ⁡ $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} A=X}$$ and $${\displaystyle a\in {}^{i}A}$$ (where aff $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} A=X}$$ if and only if $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} \left(A-A\right)=X}).$$

Relative interior

If A is a subset of a topological vector space X then the relative interior of A is the set

$${\displaystyle \operatorname {rint} A:=\operatorname {int} _{\operatorname {aff} A}A}.$$

That is, it is the topological interior of A in $${\displaystyle \operatorname {aff} A}$$, which is the smallest affine linear subspace of X containing A. The following set is also useful:

$${\displaystyle \operatorname {ri} A:={\begin{cases}\operatorname {rint} A&{\text{ if }}\operatorname {aff} A{\text{ is a closed subspace of }}X{\text{,}}\\\emptyset &{\text{ otherwise}}\end{cases}}}$$

Quasi relative interior

If A is a subset of a topological vector space X then the quasi relative interior of A is the set

$${\displaystyle \operatorname {qri} A:=\left\{a\in A:{\overline {\operatorname {cone} }}(A-a){\text{ is a linear subspace of }}X\right\}}.$$

In a Hausdorff finite dimensional topological vector space,$${\displaystyle \operatorname {qri} A={}^{i}A={}^{ic}A={}^{ib}A}.$$

Bounding point
Interior (topology)
Quasi-relative interior
Relative interior
Order unit
Ursescu theorem

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Functional analysis (topics – glossary)
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Hahn–Banach theorem closed graph theorem uniform boundedness principle Kakutani fixed-point theorem Krein–Milman theorem min-max theorem Gelfand–Naimark theorem Banach–Alaoglu theorem

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Besov space Hardy space spectral theory of ordinary differential equations heat kernel index theorem calculus of variation functional calculus integral operator Jones polynomial topological quantum field theory noncommutative geometry Riemann hypothesis

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