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In this paper, the class of (complex) quasi-Herglotz functions is introduced as the complex vector space generated by the convex cone of ordinary Herglotz functions. We prove characterization theorems, in particular, an analytic…

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A passive approximation problem is formulated where the target function is an arbitrary complex valued continuous function defined on an approximation domain consisting of a finite union of closed and bounded intervals on the real axis. The…

We consider operator-valued Herglotz functions and their applications to self-adjoint perturbations of self-adjoint operators and self-adjoint extensions of densely defined closed symmetric operators. Our applications include model…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Fritz Gesztesy , Nigel J. Kalton , Konstantin A. Makarov , Eduard Tsekanovskii

Linear models have shown great effectiveness and flexibility in many fields such as machine learning, signal processing and statistics. They can represent rich spaces of functions while preserving the convexity of the optimization problems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Ulysse Marteau-Ferey , Francis Bach , Alessandro Rudi

A class of real functions, which is the generalization of a family of convex functions, is introduced; in this connection, we have defined $X$-convex, strictly $X$-convex, quasi-$X$-convex, strictly quasi-$X$-convex, and semi-strictly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Musavvir Ali , Ehtesham Akhter

A new and simple method for quasi-convex optimization is introduced from which its various applications can be derived. Especially, a global optimum under constrains can be approximated for all continuous functions.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Sompong Dhompongsa , Poom Kumam

Nearly convex sets play important roles in convex analysis, optimization and theory of monotone operators. We give a systematic study of nearly convex sets, and construct examples of subdifferentials of lower semicontinuous convex functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Sarah M. Moffat , Walaa M. Moursi , Xianfu Wang

We consider nonconvex real valued functions whose truncations are either quasiconvex or even convex starting with a certain level. Among them, the $C^2$-smooth functions whose level sets are all completely contained in the positive definite…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Cornel Pintea

A Herglotz function is a holomorphic map from the open complex unit disk into the closed complex right halfplane. A classical Herglotz function has an integral representation against a positive measure on the unit circle. We prove a free…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2020-05-26 J. E. Pascoe , Benjamin Passer , Ryan Tully-Doyle

We propose a general method for optimization with semi-infinite constraints that involve a linear combination of functions, focusing on the case of the exponential function. Each function is lower and upper bounded on sub-intervals by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-13 Bogdan Dumitrescu , Bogdan C. Sicleru , Florin Avram

Let $X$ be a normed space of a finite dimension at least two, and $C\subsetneq X$ a closed convex set with nonempty interior. We are interested in extending Lipschitz quasiconvex functions on $C$ to quasiconvex functions on $X$. We show…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Carlo Alberto De Bernardi , Libor Veselý

We consider a generalization of the Bauer maximum principle. We work with tensorial products of convex measures sets, that are non necessarily compact but generated by their extreme points. We show that the maximum of a quasi-convex lower…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-10-09 Jerome Stenger , Fabrice Gamboa , Merlin Keller

We consider a generalization of the classifier-based density-ratio estimation task to a quasiprobabilistic setting where probability densities can be negative. The problem with most loss functions used for this task is that they implicitly…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-12-24 Matthew Drnevich , Stephen Jiggins , Kyle Cranmer

This paper deals with coefficient estimates for close-to-convex functions with argument $\beta$ ($-\pi/2<\beta<\pi/2$). By using Herglotz representation formula, sharp bounds of coefficients are obtained. In particluar, we solve the problem…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2014-02-03 Li-Mei Wang

This paper studies the strong quasiconvexity of norm and distance functions in finite-dimensional normed spaces. Although the Euclidean norm is known to be strongly quasiconvex on bounded convex sets, a complete characterization of this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 V. S. T. Long , N. M. Nam

The Herglotz representation theorem for holomorphic functions with non-negative real part is a fundamental result in the theory of holomorphic functions. In this paper, we reinterpret the Herglotz representation in the context of modern…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Mainak Bhowmik , Poornendu Kumar

Solutions to network optimization problems have greatly benefited from developments in nonlinear analysis, and, in particular, from developments in convex optimization. A key concept that has made convex and nonconvex analysis an important…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-07 R. L. G. Cavalcante , S. Stanczak

Overlap functions were introduced as class of bivariate aggregation functions on [0, 1] to be applied in image processing. This paper has as main objective to present appropriates definitions of overlap functions considering the scope of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Rui Paiva , Eduardo Palmeira , Regivan Santiago , Benjamin Bedregal

In this article we obtain classification results on the quasi-product production functions in terms of the geometry of their associated graph hypersurfaces, generalizing in a new setting some recent results concerning basic production…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-14 Haila Alodan , Bang-Yen Chen , Sharief Deshmukh , Gabriel-Eduard Vilcu

Finite linear least squares is one of the core problems of numerical linear algebra, with countless applications across science and engineering. Consequently, there is a rich and ongoing literature on algorithms for solving linear least…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Paz Fink Shustin , Haim Avron
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