In mathematics, certain functions useful in functional analysis are called Young functions.
A function is a Young function, iff it is convex, even, lower semicontinuous, and non-trivial, in the sense that it is not the zero function , and it is not the convex dual of the zero function
A Young function is finite iff it does not take value .
The convex dual of a Young function is denoted .
A Young function is strict iff both and are finite. That is,
The inverse of a Young function is
The definition of Young functions is not fully standardized, but the above definition is usually used. Different authors disagree about certain corner cases. For example, the zero function might be counted as "trivial Young function". Some authors (such as Krasnosel'skii and Rutickii) also require
References
[edit]- Léonard, Christian. "Orlicz spaces." (2007).
- O’Neil, Richard (1965). "Fractional integration in Orlicz spaces. I". Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 115: 300–328. doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1965-0194881-0. ISSN 0002-9947.. Gives another definition of Young's function.
- Krasnosel'skii, M.A.; Rutickii, Ya B. (1961-01-01). Convex Functions and Orlicz Spaces (1 ed.). Gordon & Breach. ISBN 978-0-677-20210-5. In the book, a slight strengthening of Young functions is studied as "N-functions".
- Rao, M.M.; Ren, Z.D. (1991). Theory of Orlicz Spaces. Pure and Applied Mathematics. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 0-8247-8478-2.