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Concavity and subgradients
Exactly as it was the case in the continuous framework, the solution Ui,j(ξ) is an increasing and concave function of ξ. The gradient vector that one computes with the previous computation can be proven to be an element of the superdifferential ∂−
ξ Ui,j(ξ).
Moreover, it is the only element (and hence the gradient) if ξ gives no equality cases in the max defining the operators Di in the system (DE).
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Figure: Examples of the subgradient computation. On the left, an element of ∂−
ξ U(ξ). when ξ is a constant metric ; in the middle, a non constant (gaussian)
metric ξ ; on the right, an element of ∂−
ξ U(ξ) for this ξ.
Filippo Santambrogio Differentiating discretized metrics and applications