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We establish new results of first-order necessary conditions of optimality for finite-dimensional problems with inequality constraints and for problems with equality and inequality constraints, in the form of John's theorem and in the form…
We completely characterise the optimal solutions for the three-marginal optimal transport problem - introduced in [K. Bolbotowski, G. Bouchitt\'e, Kantorovich-Rubinstein duality theory for the Hessian, 2024, preprint], and whose relaxation…
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We introduce a model of infinite horizon linear dynamic optimization and obtain results concerning existence of solution and satisfaction of the competitive condition and transversality condition being unconditionally sufficient for…
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