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Real Polar Sets

Definition

Given a nonempty set $A \subset \R ^d$, the polar (or polar set) of $A$ is the set

\[ \Set{c \in \R ^d}{c^\top x \leq 1 \quad \text{for all } x \in A} \]

Notation

We denote the polar of the set $A$ by $A^\circ$.

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