Convex set questions

In some Hilbert space, let B be a unit ball polytope of some norm and B^\star be the unit ball of its dual norm. Is it the case that for every face in B there is a vertex of B^\star which defines a normal on that face, and vice versa?

I just looked up this stuff, so I barely know what a face is, much less how to tackle this problem right now. My intuition comes only from the knowledge that the dual of the \ell_\infty ball is the \ell_1 ball, in which case it’s easy to see that this is the case.

Another question: what are the vertices of the \|\cdot\|_{\infty \rightarrow 1} and \|\cdot\|_{\infty \rightarrow 1}^\star norm balls? (Are these balls even polyhedral? I think so.)

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Jan 28th, 2010 | Posted in Mathematics
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