Bourbaki

Definition 4

Tag 07BY, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 07BY].

Topological Vector Spaces, II, p. 13, § 2. Convex sets

For any set A of a topological vector space E, the intersection of all the closed convex sets containing A is called the convex closed envelope of A; it is the smallest convex closed set containing A.

From prop. 14, the convex closed envelope of A is the closure of the convex envelope of A; it is clearly the same as the convex closed envelope of A‾\overline{A}.

Similarly we call the smallest symmetric, convex, closed set that contains A, the symmetric convex closed envelope (or the balanced convex closed envelope) of A; it is the closure of the symmetric convex envelope of A (II, p. 10); it is also the symmetric convex closed envelope of A‾\overline{A}.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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