Generalization of the Dubovitzky-Milutyn optimality conditions

Various types of conical approximation of sets are discussed. The notions of an external cone and an internal cone result in a strengthened separation theorem. Based on this theorem, some generalizations of the Dubovitzky-Milutyn optimality conditions are given.This research was sponsored by the Institute of Automatic Control, Department of Electronics, Technical University, Warsaw, Poland.     

Contingent cone to a set defined by equality and inequality constraints at a Fréchet differentiable point

In this paper, we prove equality expression for the contingent cone and the strict normal cone to a set determined by equality and/or inequality constraints at a Fréchet differentiable point. A similar result has appeared before in the literature under the assumption that all the constraint functions are of classC or under the assumption that the functions are strictly differentiable at the point in question. Our result has applications to the calculation of various kinds of tangent cones and normal cones.This research was supported, in part by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada under Grant No. OGP-41983.The authors would like to thank D. E. Ward for his many helpful comments.     

No Gap Second-Order Optimality Conditions for Circular Conic Programs

In this article, we study the second-order optimality conditions for a class of circular conic optimization problem. First, the explicit expressions of the tangent cone and the second-order tangent set for a given circular cone are derived. Then, we establish the closed-form formulation of critical cone and calculate the “sigma” term of the aforementioned optimization problem. At last, in light of tools of variational analysis, we present the associated no gap second-order optimality conditions. Compared to analogous results in the literature, our approach is intuitive and straightforward, which can be manipulated and verified. An example is illustrated to this end.     

Isotone tangent cones and nonsmooth optimization

A simple but quite general method of formulating necessary optimality conditions for an abstract mathematical program is presented. This method centers around tangent cones which are isotone with respect to inclusion. The optimality conditions derived by this method generalize standard necessary conditions of differentiate, convex, and nonsmooth mathematical programming.     

Further relationship between second-order cone and positive semidefinite matrix cone

It is well known that second-order cone (SOC) programming can be regarded as a special case of positive semidefinite programming using the arrow matrix. This paper further studies the relationship between SOCs and positive semidefinite matrix cones. In particular, we explore the relationship to expressions regarding distance, projection, tangent cone, normal cone and the KKT system. Understanding these relationships will help us see the connection and difference between the SOC and its PSD reformulation more clearly.     

The Nash modification and hyperplane sections on surfaces

We prove that the planar components of the tangent cone of a complex analytic surface at a point correspond to the base points of hyperplane sections by the Nash modification. This correspondence is then used to characterize domination relations between the normalized Nash modification and the normalized blow-up of a point.     

关于切锥与切导数的等价命题

给出集值映射导数的若干等价命题,这有助于加深对集值映射的导数概念的理解,并给使用带来方便.     

Scalarization of Tangential Regularity of Set-Valued Mappings

A set-valued mapping M from a topological vector space E into a normed vector space F is tangentially regular at a point in its graph g p h M if the Clarke tangent cone to g p h M at is equal to the Bouligand contingent cone to g p h M at . In this paper we characterize, in several cases, this tangential regularity as the directional regularity of the scalar function _M defined by _M (x, y) : = d(y, M(x)). The results allow us to express, in a useful formula, the subdifferential of _M in terms of the normal cone to the graph of M.     

First and second order optimality conditions for set-valued optimization problems

In this paper we study first and second order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for optimization problems involving set-valued maps and we derive some known results in a more general framework.     

On a characterization of Clarke's tangent cone

For a subsetM of a normed vector spaceX, it is shown that, in the characterization given by Elster and Thierfelder of Clarke's tangent cone toM at a pointx ⁰X, there is a requirement which becomes superfluous whenx ⁰ belongs to the closure ofM.This research was supported by the Italian Ministry of University Scientific and Technological Research.     

On the intersection of contingent cones

In this paper, we give a new condition that ensures the equalityT _K (x) T _L (x)=T _{K L} (x) for convex closed setsK,L. This condition, which is given in terms of support functions of the setsK,L, generalizes, in a Hilbert space, the usual condition 0int(K–L).     

Benson真有效意义下向量集值优化的广义Fritz-John条件

借助Clarke切锥并用上图引入了关于集值映射的Clarke切导数.借助于一种新的择一性定理建立了向量集值优化问题在弱Benson真有效意义下的广义Fritz-John最优性条件,而且证明在一种伪凸的假设下,这种最优性条件还为充分的.     

New proof of a theorem of F. Giannessi

The aim of this note is to give a new proof and some improvements of Theorem 2.1 of Ref. 1, which plays an important role in deriving various optimality conditions.     

赋范线性空间中包含方程可解性定理的推广及弱切锥的应用

本文首先在一般的赋范线性空间中研究了集值映射F;X→Y的平衡点的存在性问题,证明了包含问题O∈F(X)的三个可解性定理.然后在无穷维空间中研究了弱相依锥T_k^σ(x)的直接像,弱相依导数D^σF(x,y)的一个链式法则以及偏y弱导数D_y^σF(x,y)的弱Lip连续性.最后,作为应用,给出并证明了用弱相依导数D^σF(x,y)及弱P导数P^σF(x,y)判定无穷维     

一类新的二阶组合切导数及其应用

引进了一种新的切锥,讨论它与相依切锥的关系.借助这种新的切锥引进了一类新的二阶组合切导数,并讨论了它与其他二阶切导数的关系.利用这类新的二阶组合切导数,建立了集值优化分别取得Henig有效元和全局有效元的最优性必要条件.     

集值优化问题的Benson真有效解的广义导数型最优性条件

引进了集值映射关于锥的Clarke切导数, Adjacent切导数与Contingent切导数概念;应用它们导出了具Slater约束规格的集值优化问题的Benson真有效解的广义导数型最优性条件．     

Corrigendum to “reduced tangent cones and conductor at multiplanar isolated singularities”

We explicitly explain how to fix a wrong statement in a preliminary result of our previous paper on the conductor at a multiplanar singularity.