What's the solution for $\max_{x\in(0,1]}: \{-1-x\}$

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What's the solution for the following optimization problem? Is the constraint set convex?

$$\max_{x\in(0,1]}:\{-1-x\}$$

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It has already be mentioned in the comments above that the maximum doesn't exist. Note that $$ \{-1-x : x\in (0, 1]\} = [-2, -1) $$ and this set does not have a maximum. Remember that the maximum is an upper bound that is itself a member of the set.

As also mentioned in the comment above, this set does have a supremum which is the least upper bound. You see that $-1$ is this least upper bound.