Convex domination form of the Hahn-Banach theorem

ID: convex-domination-form-of-the-hahn-banach-theorem

A linear functional dominated by a finite real convex function on a vector subspace extends with the same domination to the whole real vector space. To add , choose between the supremum of and the infimum of , over and . Convexity, applied to , makes every lower candidate at most every upper candidate. The candidates at bound the interval by finite numbers. Chain unions preserve domination, so Zorn's lemma gives a full extension. No homogeneity of is assumed.

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