<p>We first prove that the Legendre transform is the only continuous and <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\textrm{SL}(n)\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mtext>SL</mtext> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> contravariant valuation that behaves as a conjugation of two important translations on super-coercive, lower semi-continuous, and convex functions. Then we turn to a similar setting on log-concave functions and find characterizations of not merely the duality transform but also the Laplace transform on log-concave functions. With the notion of dual valuation, we also obtain characterizations of the identity transform on finite convex functions and positive log-concave functions.</p>

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The Legendre transform, the Laplace transform and valuations

  • Jin Li

摘要

We first prove that the Legendre transform is the only continuous and \(\textrm{SL}(n)\) SL ( n ) contravariant valuation that behaves as a conjugation of two important translations on super-coercive, lower semi-continuous, and convex functions. Then we turn to a similar setting on log-concave functions and find characterizations of not merely the duality transform but also the Laplace transform on log-concave functions. With the notion of dual valuation, we also obtain characterizations of the identity transform on finite convex functions and positive log-concave functions.