A pre-order principle and set-valued Ekeland variational principle

We establish a pre-order principle. From the principle, we obtain a very general set-valued Ekeland variational principle, where the objective function is a set-valued map taking values in a quasi-ordered linear space and the perturbation contains a family of set-valued maps satisfying certain property. From this general set-valued Ekeland variational principle, we deduce a number of particular versions of set-valued Ekeland variational principle, which include many known Ekeland variational principles, their improvements and some new results.     

Parameterized variational inequalities

We prove that under suitable conditions, the solution set of a variational inequality, governed by perturbed monotone operators depending on a parameter, has a continuous selection. In the nonparametric case this can be considered as a variational principle for variational inequalities, an analogue of the Borwein–Preiss variational principle. An applications of this result is given.     

Fragmentability of sequences of set-valued mappings with applications to variational principles

We propose to study fragmentability of set-valued mappings not only for a given single mapping, but also for a sequence of mappings associated with the initial one. It turns out that this property underlies several variational principles, such as for example the Deville-Godefroy-Zizler variational principle and the Stegall variational principle, by providing a common path for proof.

     

Dual extremum principles relating to an optimal filter

We obtain here a variational principle characterizing an optimal filter. This variational principle is dual to the one obtained by Berkovitz and Pollard in Ref. 2.The author wishes to thank the referee for his valuable suggestions.     

The least prior deviation quasi-Newton update

We propose a new choice for the parameter in the Broyden class and derive and discuss properties of the resulting self-complementary quasi-Newton update. Our derivation uses a variational principle that minimizes the extent to which the quasi-Newton relation is violated on a prior step. We discuss the merits of the variational principle used here vis-a-vis the other principle in common use, which minimizes deviation from the current Hessian or Hessian inverse approximation in an appropriate Frobenius matrix norm. One notable advantage of our principle is an inherent symmetry that results in the same update being obtained regardless of whether the Hessian matrix or the inverse Hessian matrix is updated.We describe the relationship of our update to the BFGS, SR1 and DFP updates under particular assumptions on line search accuracy, type of function being minimized (quadratic or nonquadratic) and norm used in the variational principle.Some considerations concerning implementation are discussed and we also give a numerical illustration based on an experimental implementation using MATLAB.Corresponding author.     

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.     

Transitivity and variational principles

We apply an order reasoning to mappings satisfying the triangle inequality. This general approach yields the Ekeland’s variational principle as one of the consequences. In addition we obtain an extension of the Brøndsted variational principle and of the Takahashi fixed point theorem.     

凑合反推法和弹性理论中的多变量广义变分原理

详细介绍了如何应用凑合反推法(semi-inverse method)构造弹性理论中的两类独立变量的广义变分原理(包括熟知的Hellinger-Reissner变分原理,Hu-Washizu变分原理)及三类独立变量的广义变分原理(钱伟长广义变分原理) 。应用凑合反推法还可以清楚地看出各变量之间的约束关系,从而再一次证明了Hu-Washizu变分原理实际上是两类独立变量的广义变分原理。     

On nonconvex bifunction variational inequalities

In this paper, we introduce and consider a new class of variational inequalities, which is called the nonconvex bifunction variational inequality. We suggest and analyze some iterative methods for solving nonconvex bifunction variational inequalities using the auxiliary principle technique. We prove that the convergence of implicit method requires only pseudomonotonicity, which is weaker condition than monotonicity. Our proof of convergence is very simple. Results proved in this paper may stimulate further research in this dynamic field.     

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.     

建立广义变分原理的一种方法

本文建议了一种根据问题的力学意义来建立广义变分原理的方法,本方法对于那些尚未建立起与之相应的变分原理的问题建立其相应的变分原理是有用的.文中不从最小势能原理的推广出发而从力学意义出发导出了弹性力学中的Hu-Washizu广义变分原理和胡海昌广义余能原理,给出了这两个广义变分原理的正确证明.本文并证明了,如果根据Hu-Washizu广义变分原理及胡海昌广义余能原理中含有σ_ij,e_ij和u_i三类变量,就认为这三类变量相互独立,就会导致错误.文中并阐明了这两个广义变分原理正确运用的条件.     

The strong Ekeland variational principle

In this paper, we consider the strong Ekeland variational principle due to Georgiev [P.G. Georgiev, The strong Ekeland variational principle, the strong drop theorem and applications, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 131 (1988) 1–21]. We discuss it for functions defined on Banach spaces and on compact metric spaces. We also prove the τ-distance version of it.     

广义Ekeland变分原理的应用

研究了广义Ekeland变分原理在拟度量空间中的一些重要应用.利用广义Ekeland变分原理证明了函数f满足关于α的Takahashi ε-条件当且仅当f满足关于相同α的Hamel ε-条件.此外,利用关于α的Takahashi ε-条件得到了一些重要结论.     

Vector Ekeland’s variational principle in an <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis>-type topological space

In this paper, we first give a vector-valued version of Brézis and Browder’s scalar general principle. We then apply the vector-valued general principle to study a vector Ekeland’s variational principle in a F-type topological space, which unifies and improves the corresponding vector-valued Ekeland’s variational results in complete metric space. This project was partially supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (BG771) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (70501015, 70401006).     

Preparation of Papers

We motivate the study of a vector variational inequality by a practical flow equilibrium problem on a network, namely a generalization of the well-known Wardrop equilibrium principle. Both weak and strong forms of the vector variational inequality are discussed and their relationships to a vector optimization problem are established under various convexity assumptions.     

Bifunction hemivariational inequalities

In this paper, we introduce and consider a new class of variational inequalities, which is called the bifunction hemivariational inequality. This new class includes several classes of variational inequalities as special cases. A number of iterative methods for solving bifunction hemivariational inequalities are suggested and analyzed by using the auxiliary principle technique. We also study the convergence analysis of these iterative methods under some mild conditions. The results obtained in this paper can be considered as a novel application of the auxiliary principle technique.     

Variational principles and mixed multifractal spectra

We establish a ``conditional' variational principle, which unifies and extends many results in the multifractal analysis of dynamical systems. Namely, instead of considering several quantities of local nature and studying separately their multifractal spectra we develop a unified approach which allows us to obtain all spectra from a new multifractal spectrum. Using the variational principle we are able to study the regularity of the spectra and the full dimensionality of their irregular sets for several classes of dynamical systems, including the class of maps with upper semi-continuous metric entropy.

Another application of the variational principle is the following. The multifractal analysis of dynamical systems studies multifractal spectra such as the dimension spectrum for pointwise dimensions and the entropy spectrum for local entropies. It has been a standing open problem to effect a similar study for the ``mixed' multifractal spectra, such as the dimension spectrum for local entropies and the entropy spectrum for pointwise dimensions. We show that they are analytic for several classes of hyperbolic maps. We also show that these spectra are not necessarily convex, in strong contrast with the ``non-mixed' multifractal spectra.

     

Modified Extragradient Methods for a System of Variational Inequalities in Banach Spaces

In this paper, we introduce a new system of general variational inequalities in Banach spaces. We establish the equivalence between this system of variational inequalities and fixed point problems involving the nonexpansive mapping. This alternative equivalent formulation is used to suggest and analyze a modified extragradient method for solving the system of general variational inequalities. Using the demi-closedness principle for nonexpansive mappings, we prove the strong convergence of the proposed iterative method under some suitable conditions.     

功率型变分原理和功能型拟变分原理及其应用

自从钱伟长建立了功率型变分原理以来,功率型变分原理和功能型变分原理在理论方面和应用方面有什么区别和联系,成为学术界关注的课题.应用变积方法,根据Jourdain原理和d’Alembert原理,建立了不可压缩黏性流体力学的功率型变分原理和功能型拟变分原理,推导了不可压缩黏性流体力学的功率型变分原理的驻值条件和功能型拟变分原理的拟驻值条件.研究了不可压缩黏性流体力学的功率型变分原理在有限元素法中的应用.研究表明,功率型变分原理与Jourdain原理相吻合,功能型变分原理与d’Alembert原理相吻合.功率型变分原理直接在状态空间中研究问题,不仅在建立变分原理的过程中可以省略在时域空间中的一些变换,而且给动力学问题有限元素法的数值建模带来方便.     

Dynamics of the Friedmann universe with boundary terms added to the action

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider the dynamics of the universe following from the variational principle with boundary terms added to the action. We calculate a scalar function that...