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This paper is devoted to the study of the metric subregularity constraint qualification (MSCQ) for general optimization problems, with the emphasis on the nonconvex setting. We elaborate on notions of directional pseudo- and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-26 Matúš Benko , Michal Červinka , Tim Hoheisel

Complex-linearization of a class of systems of second order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) has already been studied with complex symmetry analysis. Linearization of this class has been achieved earlier by complex method, however,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Hina M. Dutt , M. Safdar

We present a systematic introduction to first-order optimality conditions for mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints (MPECs), emphasizing the limitations of classical nonlinear programming techniques. The goal is twofold. First,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Louis Shuo Wang

Small regularizers can preserve linear programming solutions exactly. This paper provides the first average-case analysis of exact regularization: with a standard Gaussian cost vector and fixed constraint set, bounds are established for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Michael P. Friedlander , Sharvaj Kubal , Yaniv Plan , Matthew S. Scott

We present effective procedures to calculate regular normal cones and other related objects using quantifier elimination. This method of normal cone calculations is complementary to computing Lagrangians and it works best at points where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Michael Mandlmayr , Ali Kemal Uncu

We extend the standard notion of self-concordance to non-convex optimization and develop a family of second-order algorithms with global convergence guarantees. In particular, two function classes -- \textit{weakly self-concordant}…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Donald Goldfarb , Lexiao Lai , Tianyi Lin , Jiayu Zhang

Deriving sharp and computable upper bounds of the Lipschitz constant of deep neural networks is crucial to formally guarantee the robustness of neural-network based models. We analyse three existing upper bounds written for the $l^2$ norm.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Moreno Pintore , Bruno Després

We show error estimates for a cut finite element approximation of a second order elliptic problem with mixed boundary conditions. The error estimates are of low regularity type where we consider the case when the exact solution $u \in H^s$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

For a proper cone $K$ and its dual cone $K^*$ in $\mathbb R^n$, the complementarity set of $K$ is defined as ${\mathbb C}(K)=\{(x,y): x\in K,\; y\in K^*,\, x^\top y=0\}$. It is known that ${\mathbb C}(K)$ is an $n$-dimensional manifold in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-06 O. I. Kostyukova

In this paper we study the properties of the normal cone to the proximally smooth set. We give the complete characterization of the proximally smooth set through the monotony properties of its normal cone in an arbitrary uniformly convex…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-05 Grigory Ivanov

Successive quadratic approximations, or second-order proximal methods, are useful for minimizing functions that are a sum of a smooth part and a convex, possibly nonsmooth part that promotes regularization. Most analyses of iteration…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Ching-pei Lee , Stephen J. Wright

We consider nonlinear optimization problems with cardinality constraints. Based on a continuous reformulation we introduce second order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions. Under such a second order condition, we can guarantee…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-06 Max Bucher , Alexandra Schwartz

The numerical performance of algorithms can be studied using test sets or procedures that generate such problems. This paper proposes various methods for generating linear, semidefinite, and second-order cone optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-03 Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi , Ramin Fakhimi , Brandon Augustino , Tamás Terlaky

Lie symmetries of systems of second-order linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients are exhaustively described over both the complex and real fields. The exact lower and upper bounds for the dimensions of the maximal…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-03-25 Vyacheslav M. Boyko , Roman O. Popovych , Nataliya M. Shapoval

In [R. Andreani, G. Haeser, L. M. Mito, H. Ram\'irez C., Weak notions of nondegeneracy in nonlinear semidefinite programming, arXiv:2012.14810, 2020] the classical notion of nondegeneracy (or transversality) and Robinson's constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Roberto Andreani , Gabriel Haeser , Héctor Ramírez C. , Leonardo M. Mito , Thiago P. Silveira

The paper concerns the second-order generalized differentiation theory of variational analysis and new applications of this theory to some problems of constrained optimization in finitedimensional spaces. The main attention is paid to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-21 B. S. Mordukhovich , R. T. Rockafellar

In this paper, we study the linear complementarity problems on the monotone extended second order cones. We demonstrate that the linear complementarity problem on the monotone extended second order cone can be converted into a mixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Yingchao Gao , Sándor Z. Németh , Guohan Zhang

Second-order optimality conditions are essential for nonsmooth optimization, where both the objective and constraint functions are Lipschitz continuous and second-order directionally differentiable. This paper provides no-gap second-order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Xiang Liu , Mengwei Xu , Liwei Zhang

We classify all possible limits of families of translates of a fixed, arbitrary complex plane curve. We do this by giving a set-theoretic description of the projective normal cone (PNC) of the base scheme of a natural rational map,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-11 Paolo Aluffi , Carel Faber

The purpose of this present paper is to investigate the geometric structure of regular overdetermined systems of second order with two independent and one dependent variables from the point of view of rank 2 prolongations. Utilizing this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-19 Takahiro Noda