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We show constructively that every quasi-convex uniformly continuous function \(f : \mathrm {C}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}^+\) has positive infimum, where \(\mathrm {C}\) is a convex compact subset of \(\mathbb {R}^n\). This implies a constructive separation theorem for convex sets.
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Berger, J., Svindland, G. Convexity and constructive infima. Arch. Math. Logic 55, 873–881 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-016-0502-y
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