In the theory of locally convex topological vector spaces, certain types of subset turn up more frequently than others. One such is radial subsets. In a radial subset, and line segment from the origin to a point in the subset is contained in the subset. Thus the condition is similar to that of being convex, except that one of the end-points in the convexity condition is constrained to be the origin. Thus a convex set containing the origin is automatically radial.
The precise definition is as follows.
Let be a locally convex topological vector space. A subset of is radial if for each .
A radial set is clearly a star-shaped domain.
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