which completes the proof of Lemma \ref{lem:smoothness}.
%\section{Proof of Lemma \ref{lem:11}\label{sec:proof of descent lemma}}
%
%Throughout, let
%\begin{align}
%G = G_{\b,\g}(x,y) = \frac{x-x^+}{\g},
%\end{align}
%for short.
%Suppose that $\|A(x)\|\le \rho$, $\|x\|\le \rho$, and similarly $\|A(x^+)\|\le \rho$, $\|x^+\|\le \rho'$. An application of Lemma \ref{lem:smoothness} yields that