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We derive exact calculus rules for the directed subdifferential defined for the class of directed subdifferentiable functions. We also state optimality conditions, a chain rule and a mean-value theorem. Thus we extend the theory of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-18 Robert Baier , Elza Farkhi , Vera Roshchina

This paper is devoted to the study of generalized differentiation properties of the infimal convolution. This class of functions covers a large spectrum of nonsmooth functions well known in the literature. The subdifferential formulas…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-04 Nguyen Mau Nam , Dang Van Cuong

In this paper we develop a geometric approach to convex subdifferential calculus in finite dimensions with employing some ideas of modern variational analysis. This approach allows us to obtain natural and rather easy proofs of basic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Boris Mordukhovich , Nguyen Mau Nam

The paper is devoted to a comprehensive second-order study of a remarkable class of convex extended-real-valued functions that is highly important in many aspects of nonlinear and variational analysis, specifically those related to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-21 Boris S. Mordukhovich , M. Ebrahim Sarabi

The directional subdifferential of the value function gives an estimate on how much the optimal value changes under a perturbation in a certain direction. In this paper we derive upper estimates for the directional limiting and singular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Kuang Bai , Jane J. Ye

Probability functions figure prominently in optimization problems of engineering. They may be nonsmooth even if all input data are smooth.This fact motivates the consideration of subdifferentials for such typically just continuous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Abderrahim Hantoute , René Henrion , Pedro Pérez-Aros

For any scalar-valued bivariate function that is locally Lipschitz continuous and directionally differentiable, it is shown that a subgradient may always be constructed from the function's directional derivatives in the four compass…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Kamil A. Khan , Yingwei Yuan

A function in a class $\mathcal{F}(X)$ is said to be subdifferentially determined in $\mathcal{F}(X)$ if it is equal up to an additive constant to any function in $\mathcal{F}(X)$ with the same subdifferential. A function is said to be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Marc Lassonde

We provide a formula linking the radial subderivative to other subderivatives and subdifferentials for arbitrary extended real-valued lower semicontinuous functions.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-07 Marc Lassonde

This article provides a definition of a subdifferential for continuous functions based on homological considerations. We show that it satisfies all the requirement for a good notion of subdifferential. Moreover, we prove sublinearity, a…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Nicolas Vichery

In this paper, we obtain subdifferential representation of a proper $w^*$-lower semicontinous convex function on $X^*$ as follows: Let $g$ be a proper convex $w^*$-lower semicontinuous function on $X^*$. Assume that int dom $g$…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-29 Duanxu Dai

In this paper, we provide a number of subdifferential formulas for a class of nonconvex infimal convolutions in normed spaces. The formulas obtained unify several results on subdifferentials of the distance function and the minimal time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-31 Nguyen Mau Nam

We show that a point is solution of the Minty variational inequality of subdifferential type for a given function if and only if the function is increasing along rays starting from that point. This provides a characterization of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-23 Marc Lassonde

The recent results of An, Luan, and Yen [Differential stability in convex optimization via generalized polyhedrality. Vietnam J. Math. https://-doi.org/10.1007/s10013-024-00721-y] on differential stability of parametric optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Nguyen Dong Yen , Duong Thi Viet An , Vu Thi Huong , Nguyen Ngoc Luan

In this paper, an upper semismooth function is defined to be a lower semicontinuous function whose radial subderivative satisfies a mild directional upper semicontinuity property. Examples of upper semismooth functions are the proper lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-10 Marc Lassonde

By using the theory of first-order differential subordination for functions with fixed initial coefficient, several well-known results for subclasses of univalent functions are improved by restricting the functions to have fixed second…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2012-08-02 Sumit Nagpal , V. Ravichandran

In the first part, we discuss the stability of the strong slope and of the subdifferential of a lower semicontinuous function with respect to Wijsman perturbations of the function, i.e. perturbations described via Wijsman convergence. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Marc Lassonde

The main objective of this paper is to extend Morse-Forman theory to vector-valued functions. This is mostly motivated by the need to develop new tools and methods to compute multiparameter persistence. To generalize the theory, in addition…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Guillaume Brouillette , Madjid Allili , Tomasz Kaczynski

This paper is devoted to studying the first-order variational analysis of non-convex and non-differentiable functions that may not be subdifferentially regular. To achieve this goal, we entirely rely on two concepts of directional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-22 Ashkan Mohammadi

Variational convexity, together with ist strong counterpart, of extended-real-valued functions has been recently introduced by Rockafellar. In this paper we present second-order characterizations of these properties, i.e., conditions using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Helmut Gfrerer