Primal and dual characterizations of sign-symmetric norms

Abstract: The paper studies primal and dual characterizations of a class of sign-symmetric norms on product vector spaces. Correspondences between these norms and a class of convex functions are established. Explicit formulas for the dual norm and the convex subdifferential of a given primal norm are derived. It is demonstrated that this class of norms is well-suited for studying properties and problems on product spaces. As an application, we study the von Neumann-Jordan constant of norms on product spaces and extend a classical result of Clarkson from Lebesgue spaces to general normed vector spaces.