Generalized Differential Properties of the Auslender Gap Function for Variational Inequalities

In this note, the Auslender gap function, which is used to formulate a variational inequality into an equivalent minimization problem, is shown to be differentiable in the generalized sense and has a lower contingent derivative under suitable conditions. This enables us to establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution to problems of variational inequalities.This research was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Research Committee of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Communicated by F. Giannessi     

Gap Functions and Existence of Solutions to Set-Valued Vector Variational Inequalities

The variational inequality problem with set-valued mappings is very useful in economics and nonsmooth optimization. In this paper, we study the existence of solutions and the formulation of solution methods for vector variational inequalities (VVI) with set-valued mappings. We introduce gap functions and establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution of the VVI. It is shown that the optimization problem formulated by using gap functions can be transformed into a semi-infinite programming problem. We investigate also the existence of a solution for the generalized VVI with a set-valued mapping by virtue of the existence of a solution of the VVI with a single-valued function and a continuous selection theorem.     

The Dual Gap Function for Variational Inequalities

In this paper we further study the dual gap function G, which was introduced by Marcotte and Zhu, for the variational inequality problem (VIP). We characterize the directional derivative and subdifferential of G. Based on these, we get a better understanding of the concepts of a global error bound, weak sharpness, and minimum principle sufficiency property for the pseudo-monotone VIP.     

Inequalities for Cyclic Functions

The nth cyclic function is defined by

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We prove that if k is an integer with 1kn−1, then

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holds for all positive real numbers x with the best possible constantsα=1 and β= 2n-k over n.     

On Quasimonotone Variational Inequalities

The purpose of this paper is to prove the existence of solutions of the Stampacchia variational inequality for a quasimonotone multivalued operator without any assumption on the existence of inner points. Moreover, the operator is not supposed to be bounded valued. The result strengthens a variety of other results in the literature.     

A Unified Approach to Several Inequalities Involving Functions and Derivatives

There are many inequalities measuring the deviation of the average of a function over an interval from a linear combination of values of the function and some of its derivatives. A general setting is given from which the desired inequalities are obtained using Holder's inequality. Moreover, sharpness of the constants is usually easy to prove by studying the equality cases of Holder's inequality. Comparison of averages, extension to weighted integrals and n-dimensional results are also given.     

On a General Projection Algorithm for Variational Inequalities

Let H be a real Hilbert space with norm and inner product denoted by and . Let K be a nonempty closed convex set of H, and let f be a linear continuous functional on H. Let A, T, g be nonlinear operators from H into itself, and let be a point-to-set mapping. We deal with the problem of finding uK such that g(u)K(u) and the following relation is satisfied: , where >0 is a constant, which is called a general strong quasi-variational inequality. We give a general and unified iterative algorithm for finding the approximate solution to this problem by exploiting the projection method, and prove the existence of the solution to this problem and the convergence of the iterative sequence generated by this algorithm.     

Gap functions for vector variational inequalities

In this article, we intend to study several scalar-valued gap functions for Stampacchia and Minty-type vector variational inequalities. We first introduce gap functions based on a scalarization technique and then develop a gap function without any scalarizing parameter. We then develop its regularized version and under mild conditions develop an error bound for vector variational inequalities with strongly monotone data. Further, we introduce the notion of a partial gap function which satisfies all, but one of the properties of the usual gap function. However, the partial gap function is convex and we provide upper and lower estimates of its directional derivative.     

Gap Functions for Equilibrium Problems

The theory of gap functions, developed in the literature for variational inequalities, is extended to a general equilibrium problem. Descent methods, with exact an inexact line-search rules, are proposed. It is shown that these methods are a generalization of the gap function algorithms for variational inequalities and optimization problems.     

Proximal Methods for Mixed Quasivariational Inequalities

A proximal method for solving mixed quasivariational inequalities is suggested and analyzed by using the auxiliary principle technique. We show that the convergence of the proposed method requires only the pseudomonotonicity, which is a weaker condition than monotonicity. Since mixed quasivariational inequalities include variational and complementarity problems as special cases, the result proved in this paper continues to hold for these problems.     

关于一类Fuzzy映射的广义变分不等式

本文在拓扩向量空间中研究一类Fuzzy映射的广义变分不等式问题,讨论了这类变分不等式解集的性质及满射性。本文结果改进、推广了作者在[1,2]中的相应结果。     

Gap Function for Set-Valued Vector Variational-Like Inequalities

Variational-like inequalities with set-valued mappings are very useful in economics and nonsmooth optimization problems. In this paper, we study the existence of solutions and the formulation of solution methods for vector variational-like inequalities (VVLI) with set-valued mappings. We introduce gap functions and establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution of the VVLI. We investigate the existence of a solution for the generalized VVLI with a set-valued mapping by exploiting the existence of a solution of the VVLI with a single-valued function and a continuous selection theorem. The research of first author was partially supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India Grant 25(0132)/ER-II/2004.     

Multiple Integral Inequalities for Schur Convex Functions on Symmetric and Convex Bodies

In this paper, by making use of Divergence theorem for multiple integrals, we establish some integral inequalities for Schur convex functions defined on bodies $B⊂\mathbb{R}^n$ that are symmetric, convex and have nonempty interiors. Examples for three dimensional balls are also provided.     

On Abstract Variational Inequalities in Viscoplasticity with Frictional Contact

In this paper, we study quasistatic abstract variational inequalities with time-dependent constraints. We prove existence results and present an approximation method valid for nonsmooth constraints. Then, we apply our results to the approximation of the quasistatic evolution of an elastic body in bilateral contact with a rigid foundation. The contact involves viscous friction of the Tresca or Coulomb type. We prove existence results for approximate problems and give a full asymptotic analysis, proving strong or weak convergence results. Our work is motivated by the numerical study in the paper [Delost, M.: Quasistatic Problem with Frictional Contact: Comparison between Numerical Methods and Asymptotic Analysis Related to Semi Discrete and Fully Discrete Approximations. University of Nice, Nice (2007, to appear)] and explains the choice of the approximation made in it.     

On Gap Functions for Multivalued Stampacchia Variational Inequalities

Gap functions have proved to be efficient tools to study single-valued variational inequalities. This approach allows us to reformulate the problem into an optimization problem.     

Existence Results for a Class of Periodic Evolution Variational Inequalities

In this paper,using the Brouwer topological degree,the authors prove an existence result for finite variational inequalities.This approach is also used to obtain the existence of periodic solutions for a class of evolution variational inequalities.     

混合向量变分不等式标量化及间隙函数误差界

利用Konnov对变分不等式问题的标量化方法,对一般的强变分不等式（SVI）和弱变分不等式（WVI）进行了进一步的推广.主要介绍了基于集值映射的强广义混合向量变分不等式（SGMVVI）和弱广义混合向量变分不等式（WGMVVI）,考虑了与它们相关的间隙函数,在合适的条件下讨论了强广义混合集值变分不等式（SGMVI）的间隙函数和SGMVVI的间隙函数之间的关系,以及WGMVVI和SGMVI的间隙函数之间的关系,最后讨论了它们的间隙函数的全局误差界.     

随机线性不等式组的确定性等价式

在大量的决策问题中，经常会出现含有随机变量的不等式或不等式组。把这类含有随机变理的模型转化成确定性的模型是解决问题的重要途径。它们在随机控制和不完全信息群体决策随机决策问题中起着重要的作用。因此，如何将随机不等林或随机不等式组转化为相应的确定性等价式的问题受到人们的关注。本文对含有确定分布的随机变量的线性不等式组，就其相应的概率表达式作出分类，并根据其左端系数矩阵和右端向量含有随机因素的情形分别进行讨论，系统地导出了它们相应的确定性等价式。     

Inequalities for Functions with Higher Monotonicities

We consider real functions on [a, b] for which some derivatives have constant sign. For these functions we obtain Popoviciu and Favard-Berwald type inequalities as well as converse Holder inequalities.     

Gap Functions and Error Bounds for Weak Generalized Ky Fan Inequalities

In this paper, we study a weak generalized Ky Fan inequality with cone constraints through image space analysis. First, we characterize the separation for the weak generalized Ky Fan inequality with cone constraints using the saddle points of generalized Lagrangian function. Then, we use regular weak separation functions to construct gap functions and regularized gap functions for the weak generalized Ky Fan inequality with cone constraints in a general way, and establish its error bounds in terms of these gap functions.