Subadditive and superadditive set functions

Dependencies:

  1. Set function

A set function $f: 2^Ω → ℝ$ is subadditive iff $f(A ∪ B) ≤ f(A) + f(B)$ for all disjoint sets $A$ and $B$. $f$ is superadditive iff $f(A ∪ B) ≥ f(A) + f(B)$ for all disjoint sets $A$ and $B$.

$f$ is subadditive iff $-f$ is superadditive.

Equivalently, $f$ is subadditive iff $f(B \mid A) ≤ f(B)$ for all disjoint sets $A$ and $B$, and superadditive iff $f(B \mid A) ≥ f(B)$ for all disjoint sets $A$ and $B$.

Dependency for:

  1. A set function is additive iff it is submodular and supermodular iff it is subadditive and superadditive.
  2. Submodularity implies subadditivity, supermodularity implies superadditivity
  3. PROP-unsat implies someone is superPROP
  4. PROP implies WMMS and pessShare
  5. MEFS implies PROP for subadditive valuations
  6. PROP implies EF for superadditive identical valuations
  7. PROP implies EF for n=2
  8. EF1 implies PROP1
  9. EFX implies PROPm

Info:

Transitive dependencies:

  1. /sets-and-relations/countable-set
  2. σ-algebra
  3. Set function