A dominant determinant term prevents a large deficit in the base
frame.
Statement
Let
and use reference coordinates
with the sup norm. Let
be a continuous seminorm with specified constants
such that
Thus
is a norm. We use
for the model distance and
for reference-coordinate estimates; the two norms are allowed to
coincide. A
-dual
contraction is a continuous real linear functional
satisfying
for every
.
Let
be the standard coordinate vectors. For an ordered family
of continuous real linear functionals on
,
put
For a real number
,
define the attained maximum and near-maximal set by
Admissibility is measured with
;
the matrices are written in the fixed reference coordinates.
Let
be a finite index set, possibly empty; choose coefficients
for
.
A configuration is a pair
,
where
is a frame and
is a family of additional continuous real linear functionals, called
satellites. Write
For any real weight
,
let
replace row
by
and set
An absolute maximizer means a single
with
for every
.
It need not maximize the signed polynomial. Set
Suppose
,
,
,
and
is an admissible absolute maximizer. Then
.
Assumptions
The stated positive comparison constants for
,
finiteness of
,
nonnegative deficit, positive weight, strict budget inequality,
admissibility of
and its global absolute maximality are required. There is no
assumption in this theorem.
Conclusion
The base frame has
while remaining
-dual
contractive. Invertibility requires the separate additional condition
.
Proof route
Bound the satellite sum and compare against an attained maximum frame
with zero satellites.
Proof steps
Bound every satellite contribution. For an
admissible
,
replacing a row by any
leaves a
-dual
contraction frame. Therefore each replacement determinant has absolute
value at most
.
Applying the
finite satellite budget estimate to precisely these contraction rows
gives
Use a benchmark in the same domain. Choose a
-dual
frame
attaining
,
and set all its satellites to zero. This comparison configuration is
admissible. Its polynomial has absolute value
.
Absolute maximality of the given
gives
This comparison uses the same weight and coefficients, without choosing
a sign for the determinant.
Exclude a deficit larger than
.
If
,
positivity of
and
imply
The budget is defined by the
determinant-scaled coefficient sum. For later applications with
,
a
weight dominating that budget chooses
,
giving
and
.
This weight choice is a contextual result with the stronger
positive-deficit input, not an additional assumption on this
theorem.
theorem absoluteMaximizer_base_nearMax {n : ℕ} {J : Type u}
[Fintype J] (M : NormModel n) {η weight : ℝ}
(hη0 : 0 ≤ η) (hweight : 0 < weight)
(coeff : J → Coord n)
(hgap : satelliteBudget M coeff < weight * η)
{C : SatelliteConfiguration n J}
(hC : C ∈ satelliteConfigurationSet M J)
(hmax : ∀ D ∈ satelliteConfigurationSet M J,
|configurationPolynomial weight coeff D| ≤
|configurationPolynomial weight coeff C|) :
C.1 ∈ nearMaxFrames M η
The proof arguments hη0, hweight,
hgap, hC and hmax are
assumptions. The final membership is the conclusion.
In the source
Mathematical meaning
Coord n
The reference space
with its sup norm; Coord n abbreviates
Fin n → ℝ. Lean uses indices
and the formulas use
.
M : NormModel n; M.p
The input M contains the continuous seminorm
and constants
with
for every
.
M.p x is the scalar
.
[Fintype J]
The index set
is finite and may be empty; this permits the finite sum over all
.
DualFrame n; dualFrameMatrix B; frameDet B
An ordered family
of continuous real linear functionals, its matrix
in the standard basis, and its determinant
.
No independence is imposed by the family type.
detMax M; nearMaxFrames M η
and
,
where
.
SatelliteConfiguration n J; C.1; C.2 a
A pair
,
called C. Its first component C.1 is the base
frame
;
C.2 a is the satellite
,
continuous and real linear.
weight; coeff a; coeff a i
The real weight
,
the coefficient vector
,
and its
th
coordinate
.
These coefficients are fixed before maximization.
hC : C ∈ satelliteConfigurationSet M J
The given configuration lies in
:
and
for every
.
configurationPolynomial weight coeff C
The scalar
,
where the replaced row is
.
hmax : ∀ D ∈ satelliteConfigurationSet M J, …
For every admissible comparison pair
,
.
D names that pair, not the number
.
This is a hypothesis about absolute values.
hη0; hweight; hgap
The three hypotheses
,
,
and
,
respectively.
In the source
Mathematical meaning
satelliteBudget M coeff
The scalar
.
C.1 ∈ nearMaxFrames M η
The conclusion is
and
,
for the base of the same pair C.
Here →L[ℝ] means continuous real linear, ∀
means “for every”, and ∈ is membership. Dot notation
selects a field or component; successive arguments denote function
application.