Polar set
(重定向自Bipolar set)
- See also polar set (potential theory).
In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics the polar set of a given subset of a vector space is a certain set in the dual space.
Given a dual pair the polar set or polar of a subset
of
is a set
in
defined as
The bipolar of a subset of
is the polar of
. It is denoted
and is a set in
.