半严格不变凸函数

文章在Banach空间中定义了一种新的广义凸函数—半严格不变凸函数.对于满足局部Lipschitz条件的半严格不变凸函数,得到了它的广义Clarke次微分性质.文中还讨论了半严格不变凸函数与不变凸函数及半严格预不变凸函数之间的关系,得到了半严格不变凸函数的一些性质.     

半严格不变凸函数

文章在Banach空间中定义了一种新的广义凸函数—半严格不变凸函数.对于满足局部Lipschitz条件的半严格不变凸函数,得到了它的广义Clarke次微分性质.文中还讨论了半严格不变凸函数与不变凸函数及半严格预不变凸函数之间的关系,得到了半严格不变凸函数的一些性质.     

Relaxed Quasimonotone Operators and Relaxed Quasiconvex Functions

In this paper, we introduce the class of multivalued relaxed μ quasimonotone operators and establish the existence of solutions of variational inequalities for such operators. This result is compared with a recent result of Bai et al. on densely relaxed pseudomonotone operators. A similar comparison regarding an existence result of Luc on densely pseudomonotone operators is provided. Also, we introduce a broad class of functions, called relaxed quasiconvex functions, and show that they are characterized by the relaxed μ quasimonotonicity of their subdifferentials. The results strengthen a variety of other results in the literature. This work is supported by NNSF of China (10571046) and by the GSRT of Greece (06FR-062).     

严格预不变凸函数的两个性质

我们考虑了由杨和李在[2]中引入的严格预不变凸函数，并得到了严格预不变凸函数的两个性质，这些性质包括与中间点严格预不变凸性和预不变凸函数有关的一个充分条件以及与半严格预不变凸函数和中间点严格预不变凸性有关的一个等价条件．     

Lipschitz B-Vex Functions and Nonsmooth Programming

In this paper, the equivalence between the class of B-vex functions and that of quasiconvex functions is proved. Necessary and sufficient conditions, under which a locally Lipschitz function is B-vex, are established in terms of the Clarke subdifferential. Regularity of locally Lipschitz B-vex functions is discussed. Furthermore, under appropriate conditions, a necessary optimality condition of the Slater type and a sufficient optimality condition are obtained for a nonsmooth programming problem involving B-vex functions.     

On Characterizations of Prequasi-Invex Functions

In Ref. 1, Yang et al presented characterizations of prequasi-invex functions, semistrictly prequasi-invex functions, and strictly prequasi-invex functions, respectively, under a certain set of conditions. In this note, we show that the same results or even more general ones can be obtained under weaker assumptions.     

Characterization of R-Evenly Quasiconvex Functions

A function defined on a locally convex space is called evenly quasiconvex if its level sets are intersections of families of open half-spaces. Furthermore, if the closures of these open halfspaces do not contain the origin, then the function is called R-evenly quasiconvex. In this note, R-evenly quasiconvex functions are characterized as those evenly-quasiconvex functions that satisfy a certain simple relation with their lower semicontinuous hulls.     

Characterizations and Applications of Prequasi-Invex Functions

In this paper, two new types of generalized convex functions are introduced. They are called strictly prequasi-invex functions and semistrictly prequasi-invex functions. Note that prequasi-invexity does not imply semistrict prequasi-invexity. The characterization of prequasi-invex functions is established under the condition of lower semicontinuity, upper semicontinuity, and semistrict prequasi-invexity, respectively. Furthermore, the characterization of semistrictly prequasi-invex functions is also obtained under the condition of prequasi-invexity and lower semicontinuity, respectively. A similar result is also obtained for strictly prequasi-invex functions. It is worth noting that these characterizations reveal various interesting relationships among prequasi-invex, semistrictly prequasi-invex, and strictly prequasi-invex functions. Finally, prequasi-invex, semistrictly prequasi-invex, and strictly prequasi-invex functions are used in the study of optimization problems.     

Connectedness of the Efficient Set for Strictly Quasiconcave Sets

Given a closed subset X in , we show the connectedness of its efficient points or nondominated points when X is sequentially strictly quasiconcave. In the particular case of a maximization problem with n continuous and strictly quasiconcave objective functions on a compact convex feasible region of , we deduce the connectedness of the efficient frontier of the problem. This work solves the open problem of the efficient frontier for strictly quasiconcave vector maximization problems.     

Some Remarks on the Class of Continuous (Semi-) Strictly Quasiconvex Functions

We introduce the notion of variational (semi-) strict quasimonotonicity for a multivalued operator T  : X⇉X ^* relative to a nonempty subset A of X which is not necessarily included in the domain of T. We use this notion to characterize the subdifferentials of continuous (semi-) strictly quasiconvex functions. The proposed definition is a relaxation of the standard definition of (semi-) strict quasimonotonicity, the latter being appropriate only for operators with nonempty values. Thus, the derived results are extensions to the continuous case of the corresponding results for locally Lipschitz functions.     

严格r-预不变凸函数

引入了严格r-预不变凸函数的概念,并证明了严格r-预不变凸函数与r-预不变凸函数有关的一个充分条件．同时,讨论得到了严格r-预不变凸性和半严格r-预不变凸性的等价条件．     

Strictly and Roughly Convexlike Functions

A function is said to be strictly and roughly convexlike with respect to the roughness degree r > 0 (for short, strictly r-convexlike) provided that, for all x ₀, x ₁ D satisfying ||x ₀ – x ₁|| > r, there exists a ]0, 1[ such that

两组算子单调函数序列与严格Chaotic序

In this paper we introduce two sequences of operator functions and their dual functions:f_k(t)=((tlog t)~k-(t-1)~k)/(log~k 1t)(k=1,2,...),gk(t)=((t-1)~k-log~k t)/(log~k 1t)(k=1,2,...)and f_k~*=(t~klog~(k 1)t)/((tlog t)~k-(t-1)~k)(k=1,2,...),g_k~*(t)=(t~klog~(k 1)t)/((t-1)~k-log~k t)(k=1,2,...)definedon(0, ∞). We find that they are all operator monotone functions with respect to the strictly chaotic order and some ordinary orders among positive invertible operators.Indeed,we extend the results of the operator monotone function(tlog t -t 1)/(log~2t)which is widely used in the theory of heat transfer of the heat engineering and fluid mechanics[1].     

Minimax Theorems Involving Two Functions and Strictly Monotone Transformations of Their Values

Two two-function minimax theorems are proved.The concavity-convexity conditions of the twofunctions involve strictly monotone transformations and mixing of the values of the two functions,and aredescribed by the inequalities as upward and weakly downward conditions.     

Level Function Method for Quasiconvex Programming

In this paper, we introduce the notion of level function for a continuous real-valued quasiconvex function. The existence, construction, and application of level functions are discussed. Further, we propose a numerical method based on level functions for the solution of quasiconvex minimization problems. Several versions of the algorithms are presented. Also, we apply the idea of the level function method to the solution of a class of variational inequality problems. Finally, the results of numerical experiments on the proposed algorithms are reported.     

非光滑函数的凸性

本文借助于一元函数左、右导数的定义及其性质 ,将多元函数的方向导数转化为一元函数的左、右导数 ,并利用一元函数的凸性判别准则给出并证明了判别多元函数凸性的充分必要条件 .     

Three kinds of generalized convexity

This paper gives some properties of quasiconvex, strictly quasiconvex, and strongly quasiconvex functions. Relationships between them are discussed.This research was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The author would like to thank Professor M. Avriel for valuable comments about this paper.     

Characterization of Solution Sets of Quasiconvex Programs

We examine to what extent one can provide characterizations of the sets of solutions to quasiconvex programs using adapted subdifferentials which generalize known characterizations in the convex case.     

关于半连续函数与凸函数的注记

在半连续前提下,给出凸函数和严格凸函数的不等式刻划．指出非空凸集上的半连续函数满足中间点凸性时,成为凸函数,满足中间点严格凸性时,成为严格凸函数．最后定义F—G广义凸函数和条件p1,p2等概念,列举若干满足条件p1,p2的数量函数和向量函数,并指出,对于F—G广义凸函数,在条件p1,p2及一定连续性条件下,可以得到类似结果．     

关于局部极小值点为整体极小值点的函数的一点注记

本引进了一种广义严格拟凸函数的定义,给出了它的一个刻画,证明 了局部极小值点为整体极小值点的函数与本定义的广义严格拟凸函数的等价性。