The obstruction conjecture for C^2 Lusin approximation of convex functions
Let . A convex function is a function whose restriction to every line segment in its domain is convex. Write for the open unit ball in , and let denote Lebesgue measure. Obstruction conjecture. There is a convex function
and a number such that, for every convex function ,
This conjectures that in dimensions at least two, some convex functions cannot be approximated in the Lusin sense by convex functions, complementing the one-dimensional approximation theorem and the known result for locally strongly convex functions. The general question remains open.
References
Primary source
Paweł Goldstein and Piotr Hajłasz, “C^2-Lusin approximation of convex functions: one variable case”, arXiv:2505.22975 (2025).
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