(1) Laboratory of Applied Mathematics, University of Pau, Pau, France;(2) Hanoi Institute of Mathematics, Bo Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
Abstract:
Characterizations of convexity and quasiconvexity of lower semicontinuous functions on a Banach space X are presented in terms of the contingent and Fréchet subdifferentials. They rely on a general mean-value theorem for such subdifferentials, which is valid in a class of spaces which contains the class of Asplund spaces.