CounterexampleConstruction: AI-generatedVerification: AI-generatedPipeline-generatedjudge pass (gpt-5.6-terra)audited 2026-09-06

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A gauge of a nonbalanced set need not be a seminorm

Statement refuted

An absorbing convex set need not have a seminorm as its gauge.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The convex absorbing set $C = (- 1, 2) \subseteq R$ .

[F1]

The gauge is the infimum of positive $t$ for which $x \in t C$ (Minkowski functional of an absorbing set).

Counterexample

technique · direct

1.1F1givenalgebra

From $x \in t (- 1, 2) ⟺ - t < x < 2 t$ , [F1] gives $p_{C} (x) = x / 2$ for $x \geq 0$ and $p_{C} (x) = - x$ for $x < 0$ .

2.1step 1.1∎

Hence $p_{C} (1) = 1 / 2$ while $p_{C} (- 1) = 1$ , contradicting the required equality $p_{C} (- 1) = ∣ - 1 ∣ p_{C} (1)$ . The missing hypothesis is balancedness.

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Sources

Gerald Teschl, Topics in Real and Functional Analysis, §5.1 (standard reference, not scraped)