Local completeness, drop theorem and Ekeland's variational principle

By using a very general drop theorem in locally convex spaces we obtain some extended versions of Ekeland's variational principle, which only need assume local completeness of some related sets and improve Hamel's recent results. From this, we derive some new versions of Caristi's fixed points theorems. In the framework of locally convex spaces, we prove that Daneš' drop theorem, Ekeland's variational principle, Caristi's fixed points theorem and Phelps lemma are equivalent to each other.     

Phelps' lemma, Danes' drop theorem and Ekeland's principle in locally convex spaces

A generalization of Phelps' lemma to locally convex spaces is proven, applying its well-known Banach space version. We show the equivalence of this theorem, Ekeland's principle and Danes' drop theorem in locally convex spaces to their Banach space counterparts and to a Pareto efficiency theorem due to Isac. This solves a problem, concerning the drop theorem, proposed by G. Isac in 1997.

We show that a different formulation of Ekeland's principle in locally convex spaces, using a family of topology generating seminorms as perturbation functions rather than a single (in general discontinuous) Minkowski functional, turns out to be equivalent to the original version.

     

关于局部凸空间中向量Ekeland变分原理的等价性

基于各种Ekeland变分原理的等价形式, 主要研究局部凸空间中给定有界凸子集乘以距离函数为扰动的单调半连续映射的向量Ekeand变分原理的等价性问题. 首先利用局部凸空间中的向量Ekeland变分原理证明了向量Caristi-Kirk不动点定理,向量 Takahashi非凸极小化定理和向量Oettli-Th\'{e}ra定理. 进一步研究了向量Ekeland变分原理与向量Caristi-Kirk不动点定理,向量Takahashi非凸极小化定理和向量Oettli-Th\'{e}ra定理的等价性.     

The density of extremal points in Ekeland's variational principle

In this paper, we investigate the density of extremal points appeared in Ekeland's variational principle. By introducing radial intersections of sets, we give a very general result on the density of extremal points in the framework of locally convex spaces. This solves a problem proposed by G. Isac in 1997. From the general result we deduce several convenient criterions for judging the density of extremal points, which extend and improve a result of F. Cammaroto and A. Chinni. Using the equivalence between Ekeland's variational principle and Caristi's fixed point theorem, we obtain some density results on Caristi's fixed points.     

σ半凸性与Ekeland变分原理

本文引进了σ半凸性,并给出了局部凸空间中一般的Ekeland变分原理.     

局部凸空间中的Drop定理和Phelps引理以及Ekeland变分原理

本文将Drop定理,Phelps引理,Ekeland变分原理和基于Isac的Pareto有效性定理推广到局部完备的局部凸Hausdorff空间,而且证明了它们彼此是等价的．     

An extension of Ekeland's variational principle to locally complete spaces

We prove an extension of Ekeland's variational principle to locally complete spaces which uses subadditive, strictly increasing continuous functions as perturbations.     

Vectorial variational principle with variable set-valued perturbation

We give a general vectorial Ekeland's variational principle, where the objective function is defined on an F-type topological space and taking values in a pre-ordered real linear space. Being quite different from the previous versions of vectorial Ekeland's variational principle, the perturbation in our version is no longer only dependent on a fixed positive vector or a fixed family of positive vectors. It contains a family of set-valued functions taking values in the positive cone and a family of subadditive functions of topology generating quasi-metrics. Hence, the direction of the perturbation in the new version is a family of variable subsets which are dependent on the ob jective function values. The general version includes and improves a number of known versions of vectorial Ekeland's variational principle. From the general Ekeland's principle, we deduce the corresponding versions of Caristi–Kirk's fixed point theorem and Takahashi's nonconvex minimization theorem. Finally, we prove that all the three theorems are equivalent to each other.     

Ekeland's variational principle, minimax theorems and existence of nonconvex equilibria in complete metric spaces

In this paper, we introduce the concept of τ-function which generalizes the concept of w-distance studied in the literature. We establish a generalized Ekeland's variational principle in the setting of lower semicontinuous from above and τ-functions. As applications of our Ekeland's variational principle, we derive generalized Caristi's (common) fixed point theorems, a generalized Takahashi's nonconvex minimization theorem, a nonconvex minimax theorem, a nonconvex equilibrium theorem and a generalized flower petal theorem for lower semicontinuous from above functions or lower semicontinuous functions in the complete metric spaces. We also prove that these theorems also imply our Ekeland's variational principle.     

General Ekeland's Variational Principle for Set-Valued Mappings

In this paper, we introduce the concept of approximate solutions for set-valued optimization problems. A sufficient condition for the existence of approximate solutions is obtained. A general Ekeland's variational principle for set-valued mappings in complete ordered metric spaces and complete metric spaces are derived. These results are generalizations of results for vector-valued functions in Refs. 1–4.     

A general approach to infinite-dimensional holomorphy

In this paper we present a general theory for holomorphic functions which is based on continuous convergence instead of topologies. The theory can be applied to locally convex spaces and bornological spaces.     

Some new results on stability of Ekeland's ?-variational principle

In this paper, we give an example and point out that ?-solutions of Ekeland's variational principle are not always lower semicontinuous in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces, even with respect to the uniform metric. Further, the example shows that the ?-solutions need not be almost lower semicontinuous when the convergence of sequence of functions is weakened to Painlevé-Kuratowski epigraphical convergence. To provide some results of stability, we prove the almost lower semicontinuity of ?-solutions in a general framework.     

Convex functions with continuous epigraph or continuous level sets

Convex functions with continuous epigraph in the sense of Gale and Klée have been studied recently by Auslender and Coutat in a finite-dimensional setting. Here, we provide characterizations of such functionals in terms of the Legendre-Fenchel transformation in general locally convex spaces. Also, we show that the concept of continuous convex sets is of interest in these spaces. We end with a characterization of convex functions on Euclidean spaces with continuous level sets.     

Proper Efficiency in Locally Convex Topological Vector Spaces

We present a general treatment of proper efficiency, which was originally given in normed vector spaces; we introduce a new kind of efficiency in locally convex topological vector spaces. We examine the relationships among these efficiencies. As an application, we prove a strong Ekeland variational principle.     

DIFFERENTIABILITY OF CONVEX FUNCTIONS ON SUBLINEAR TOPOLOGICAL SPACES AND VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES IN LOCALLY CONVEX SPACES

This paper presents a type of variational principles for real valued w lower semicon-tinuous functions on certain subsets in duals of locally convex spaces, and resolve a problem concerning differentiability of convex functions on general Banach spaces. They are done through discussing differentiability of convex functions on nonlinear topological spaces and convexification of nonconvex functions on topological linear spaces.     

概率度量空间中的Ekeland变分原理与集值映象的Caristi重合定理

借助偏序方法,本文得到概率度量空间中之一推广形式的Ekeland变分原理及一集值形式的Caristi重合定理,同时证明了这两个定理之间的等价性.本文结果是[1,2,5,6,7,9]中相应结果的改进和推广.     

Convolution on distribution spaces characterized by regularization

Locally convex convolutor spaces are studied which consist of those distributions that define a continuous convolution operator mapping from the space of test functions into a given locally convex lattice of measures. The convolutor spaces are endowed with the topology of uniform convergence on bounded sets. Their locally convex structure is characterized via regularization and function-valued seminorms under mild structural assumptions on the space of measures. Many recent generalizations of classical distribution spaces turn out to be special cases of the general convolutor spaces introduced here. Recent topological characterizations of convolutor spaces via regularization are extended and improved. A valuable property of the convolutor spaces in applications is that convolution of distributions inherits continuity properties from those of bilinear convolution mappings between the locally convex lattices of measures.     

单调Minkowski泛函与Henig真有效性的标量化

没有凸锥的闭性和点性假设,该文考虑由一般凸锥生成的单调Minkowski泛函并研究其性质.由此,在偏序局部凸空间的框架下,通过利用单调连续Minkowski泛函和单调连续半范,该文分别获得了一般集合及锥有界集合的弱有效点的标量化.利用此弱有效性的标量化,该文分别推导出一般集合及锥有界集合的Henig真有效点的标量化.进而,当序锥具备有界基时,该文获得局部凸空间中超有效性的一些标量化结果.最后,该文给出Henig真有效性和超有效性的稠密性结果.这些结果推广并改进了有关的已知结果.     

Characterization of Solid Cones

The author gives a dual characterization of solid cones in locally convex spaces. From this the author obtains some criteria for judging convex cones to be solid in various kinds of locally convex spaces. Using a general expression of the interior of a solid cone, the author obtains a number of necessary and sufficient conditions for convex cones to be solid in the framework of Banach spaces. In particular, the author gives a dual relationship between solid cones and generalized sharp cones. The related known results are improved and extended.