Pseudomonotone variational inequality problems: Existence of solutions

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the set of solutions of a pseudomonotone variational inequality problem to be nonempty and compact are given. This research was partially done while the author was visiting the University of Chile thanks to the support of an ECOS program.     

Generic well-posedness of variational problems without convexity assumptions

The Tonelli existence theorem in the calculus of variations and its subsequent modifications were established for integrands f which satisfy convexity and growth conditions. In our previous work a generic well-posedness result (with respect to variations of the integrand of the integral functional) without the convexity condition was established for a class of optimal control problems satisfying the Cesari growth condition. In this paper we extend this generic well-posedness result to two classes of variational problems in which the values at the end points are also subject to variations. The main results of the paper are obtained as realizations of a general variational principle.     

Stability of solutions for variational relation problems with applications

In this paper, we prove that most of problems in variational relations (in the sense of Baire category) are essential and that, for any problem in variational relations, there exists at least one essential component of its solution set. As applications, we deduce the existence of essential components of the set of Ky Fan’s points based on Ky Fan’s minimax inequality theorem, the existence of essential components of the set of Nash equilibrium points for general n-person non-cooperative games, the existence of essential component of the set of solutions for vector Ky Fan’s minimax inequality, the existence of essential components of the set of KKM points and the existence of essential components of the set of solutions for Ky Fan’s section theorem.     

The structure of approximate solutions of variational problems without convexity

In this work we study the structure of approximate solutions of variational problems with continuous integrands f:[0,∞)×Rn×Rn→R1 which belong to a complete metric space of functions. We do not impose any convexity assumption. The main result in this paper deals with the turnpike property of variational problems. To have this property means that the approximate solutions of the problems are determined mainly by the integrand, and are essentially independent of the choice of interval and endpoint conditions, except in regions close to the endpoints.     

Existence of nonzero solutions for a class of generalized variational inequalities

The existence of nonzero solutions for a class of generalized variational inequalities is studied by topological degree theory for multi-valued mappings in finite dimensional spaces and reflexive Banach space. One of the mappings concerned here is nonlinear with coercive or monotone and other is set-contractive or upper semi-continuous. Under some suitable assumptions, some existence theorems of nonzero solutions for this generalized variational inequalities are obtained. This work was supported by the Young Talent Foundation of Zhejiang Gongshang University and the Foundation of Department of Education of Zhejiang Province No. 20070628.     

On generalized variational inequalities

We obtain a new version of the minimax inequality of Ky Fan. As an application, an existence result for the generalized variational inequality problem with set-valued mappings defined on noncompact sets in Hausdorff topological vector spaces is given. Also, some existence results for the generalized variational inequality problem for quasimonotone and pseudomonotone mappings are obtained. Dedicated to the memory of T. Rapcsák.     

Algorithms of common solutions for variational inclusions, mixed equilibrium problems and fixed point problems

In this paper, we present an iterative algorithm for finding a common element of the set of solutions of a mixed equilibrium problem and the set of fixed points of an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of a variational inclusion in a real Hilbert space. Furthermore, we prove that the proposed iterative algorithm has strong convergence under some mild conditions imposed on algorithm parameters.     

Regularized gap functions for variational problems

We consider variational problems in Banach spaces. Well-posedness concepts for such problems are introduced and investigated by means of two gap functions and their Moreau-Yosida regularizations.     

New existence criteria of the solutions for a variational relation problem

Many quasivariational inclusions or quasiequilibrium problems, encountered in the literature, are special cases of a variational relation problem proposed in a recent paper by Agarwal et al. (J. Optim. Theory Appl. 2012;155:417–429). The purpose of this paper is to establish new existence results for the solutions of this problem. The main ingredients in the proofs are some continuous selection and fixed point theorems, and an interesting section result. In the last section, we prove that, applied for some concrete relations, our results are different from those obtained by other authors.     

Benders decomposition for a class of variational inequalities

This paper examines Benders decomposition for a useful class of variational inequality (VI) problems that can model, e.g., economic equilibrium, games or traffic equilibrium. The dual of the given VI is defined. Benders decomposition of the original VI is derived by applying a Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition procedure to the dual of the given VI, and converting the dual forms of the Dantzig–Wolfe master and subproblems to their primal forms. The master problem VI includes a new cut at each iteration, with information from the latest subproblem VI, which is solved by fixing the “difficult” variables at values determined by the previous master problem. A scalar parameter called the convergence gap is calculated at each iteration; a negative value is equivalent to the algorithm making progress in that the last master problem solution is made infeasible by the new cut. Under mild conditions, the convergence gap approaches zero in the limit of many iterations. With a more restrictive condition that still admits many useful models, a zero value of the convergence gap implies that the master problem has found a solution of the VI. A small model of competitive equilibrium of three commodities in two regions serves as an illustration.     

一类型变分不等式解的存在性唯一性问题及其对力学中的Signorini问题的应用

在本文中,我们研究了一类变分不等式解的存在性和唯一性问题,作为应用,讨论了力学中的著名的Signorini问题,改进了这一问题有解的条件.     

Minima in elliptic variational problems without convexity assumptions

We prove an abstract existence theorem for the minimum of the functional

Existence of solutions for variational inequalities on Riemannian manifolds

We establish the existence and uniqueness results for variational inequality problems on Riemannian manifolds and solve completely the open problem proposed in [S.Z. Németh, Variational inequalities on Hadamard manifolds, Nonlinear Anal. 52 (2003) 1491–1498]. Also the relationships between the constrained optimization problem and the variational inequality problems as well as the projections on Riemannian manifolds are studied.     

An iterative method for finding common solutions of equilibrium and fixed point problems

We introduce an iterative method for finding a common element of the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and of the set of fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings in a Hilbert space. We prove the strong convergence of the proposed iterative algorithm to the unique solution of a variational inequality, which is the optimality condition for a minimization problem.     

Existence theorems for solutions of variational inequalities

Summary The existence of nonzero solutions for a class of generalized variational inequalities is studied by fixed point index approach for multi-valued mappings in finite dimensional spaces and reflexive Banach spaces.     

Global bounds for the distance to solutions of co-coercive variational inequalities

We establish two global bounds measuring the distance from any vector to the solution set of the co-coercive variational inequality. To prove our results, we use the fact that the co-coercivity condition is sufficient for the (strong) monotonicity of (perturbed) fixed point and normal maps associated with variational inequalities.     

A viscosity of extragradient approximation method for finding equilibrium problems, variational inequalities and fixed point problems for nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we investigate the problem for finding the set of solutions for equilibrium problems, the set of solutions of the variational inequalities for k-Lipschitz continuous mappings and fixed point problems for nonexpansive mappings in a Hilbert space. We introduce a new viscosity extragradient approximation method which is based on the so-called viscosity approximation method and extragradient method. We show that the sequence converges strongly to a common element of the above three sets under some parameters controlling conditions. Finally, we utilize our results to study some convergence problems for finding the zeros of maximal monotone operators. Our results are generalization and extension of the results of Kumam [P. Kumam, Strong convergence theorems by an extragradient method for solving variational inequalities and equilibrium problems in a Hilbert space, Turk. J. Math. 33 (2009) 85–98], Wangkeeree [R. Wangkeeree, An extragradient approximation method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, 2008, Article ID 134148, 17 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/134148], Yao et al. [Y. Yao, Y.C. Liou, R. Chen, A general iterative method for an finite family of nonexpansive mappings, Nonlinear Analysis 69 (5–6) (2008) 1644–1654], Qin et al. [X. Qin, M. Shang, Y. Su, A general iterative method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces, Nonlinear Analysis (69) (2008) 3897–3909], and many others.     

Estimates of approximate solutions and well-posedness for variational inequalities

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the approximate solutions for variational inequalities. In terms of estimate functions, we establish some estimates of the sizes of the approximate solutions from outside and inside respectively. By considering the behaviors of estimate functions, we give some characterizations of the well-posedness for variational inequalities. This work was partially supported by the Basic and Applied Research Projection of Sichuan Province (05JY029-009-1) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10671135).     

Existence theorems in optimal control problems without convexity assumptions

We give existence theorems of solutions for Lagrange and Bolza problems of optimal control. These results are obtained without convexity assumptions on the cost function with respect to the control variable. We extend a Cesari's theorem to cost functions which are nonlinear with respect to the space variable and to problems which are governed by a differential inclusion. Moreover, we consider the case where the control variable belongs to a space of measurable functions and the case where this variable belongs to a Lebesgue space.