We study the pointwise supremum of convex integral functionals If,γ(ξ)=\linebreaksupQ(Ωf(ω,ξ(ω))Q(dω)γ(Q))\mathcal{I}_{f,\gamma}(\xi)= \linebreak\sup_{Q} \left( \int_\Omega f(\omega,\xi(\omega))Q(d\omega)-\gamma(Q)\right) on L(Ω,F,P)L^\infty(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathbb{P}) where f:Ω×RRf:\Omega \times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\overline{\mathbb{R}} is a proper normal convex integrand, γ\gamma is a proper convex function on the set of probability measures absolutely continuous w.r.t. P\mathbb{P}, and the supremum is taken over all such measures. We give a pair of upper and lower bounds for the conjugate of If,γ\mathcal{I}_{f,\gamma} as direct sums of a common regular part and respective singular parts; they coincide when dom(γ)={P}\mathrm{dom}(\gamma)=\{\mathbb{P}\} as Rockafellar's classical result, while both inequalities can generally be strict. We then investigate when the conjugate eliminates the singular measures, which a fortiori yields the equality in bounds, and its relation to other finer regularity properties of the original functional and of the conjugate.

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Keita Owari

Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan

owari@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp

K. Owari. “A Robust Version of Convex Integral Functionals.” Journal of Convex Analysis 22 (2015), No. 3, 827–852.