TITLE: Reference request: Continuity of unique maximizer of linear functional on convex set
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Does anyone know reference for a theorem of the following sort:
Proposition: Let $K \subset\mathbb {R}^n$ be a compact convex set, and assume that
$$f(w):=\operatorname{argmax}_{x\in K}w(x) $$ is unique for
 each nonzero linear functional $w:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$.  Then the function $f$ is continuous at nonzero $w$.
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I don't want a proof, just a citeable reference or the name of this theorem or some generalization.

REPLY [3 votes]: Let $\sigma(w) = \max_{x\in K} w(x)$ be the support function of set $K$. This function is convex and its subdifferential is exactly your function $f$, i.e. $f(w) = \partial \sigma(w)$. 
Your assumption that $f(w)$ is unique for all $w \neq 0$ is equivalent to the differentiablity of $\sigma$ on the set of nonzero $w$. 
We now use the following (which can be found for example in Convex Analysis and Minimization Algorithms I: Part 1: Fundamentals by Hiriart-Urrut and Lemaréchal, Remark 6.2.6)


If a convex function is differentiable on an open set, then it is continuously differentiable on that set.

to conclude that $\sigma$ is continuously differentiable on the region $w \neq 0$, which is the same as saying that $f$ is continuous.