Calculate the convex conjugate of f(x)?

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$$f(x)=\begin{cases} -\frac{5}{2} + 2 |x| & |x|>0\\ -|\frac{x}{2}| & |x|\le0 \end{cases}.$$

How to calculate the conjugate gradient?

I found out that I can rewrite it to $max(-\frac{5}{2} + 2 |x|, -|\frac{x}{2}|)$...

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