Moreau's decomposition theorem
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Moreau's theorem is a fundamental result characterizing projections onto closed convex cones in Hilbert spaces.
Let be a closed convex cone in the Hilbert space and its polar. For an arbitrary closed convex set in , denote by the projection onto . For the following two statements are equivalent:
- , and
- and
Proof
Let be an arbitrary closed convex set in , and . Then, it is well known that if and only if for all . We will call this result the characterization of the projection.
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Then, by the characterization of the projection, it follows that . Similarly, for all we have
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