Let XX be a and Ω⊂X\Omega\subset X be nonempty. For x∈Xx\in X, consider the translate Ω−x:={w−x∣w∈Ω}\Omega-x:=\{w-x\mid w\in\Omega\} (using ).

Proposition: A point x∈Xx\in X lies in if and only if Ω−x\Omega-x is an , i.e., for every v∈Xv\in X there exists λ>0\lambda>0 such that v∈α(Ω−x)v\in \alpha(\Omega-x) for all scalars α\alpha with ∣α∣≥λ|\alpha|\ge \lambda.

Context: This characterization turns the "two-sided line" definition of the core into a scaling condition that is often easier to check in practice.