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arxiv: 1904.12223 · v2 · pith:UCK24WLFnew · submitted 2019-04-27 · 🧮 math.CA

On sets in {mathbb R}^d with DC distance function

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We study closed sets $F \subset {\mathbb R}^d$ whose distance function $d_F:= {\rm dist}\,(\cdot,F)$ is DC (i.e., is the difference of two convex functions on ${\mathbb R}^d$). Our main result asserts that if $F \subset {\mathbb R}^2$ is a graph of a DC function $g:{\mathbb R}\to {\mathbb R}$, then $F$ has the above property. If $d>1$, the same holds if $g:{\mathbb R}^{d-1}\to {\mathbb R}$ is semiconcave, however the case of a general DC function $g$ remains open.

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