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In this paper we consider a sufficiently broad class of nonlinear mathematical programs with disjunctive constraints, which, e.g., include mathematical programs with complemetarity/vanishing constraints. We present an extension of the…

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We consider the class of mathematical programs with orthogonality type constraints (MPOC). Orthogonality type constraints appear by reformulating the sparsity constraint via auxiliary binary variables and relaxing them afterwards. For MPOC…

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Approximate necessary optimality conditions in terms of Fr\'echet subgradients and normals for a rather general optimization problem with a potentially non-Lipschitzian objective function are established with the aid of Ekeland's…

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Minimax optimization problems are an important class of optimization problems arising from both modern machine learning and from traditional research areas. We focus on the stability of constrained minimax optimization problems based on the…

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In this paper we study an optimal control problem with nonsmooth mixed state and control constraints. In most of the existing results, the necessary optimality condition for optimal control problems with mixed state and control constraints…

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In some optimal control problems, complex relationships between states and inputs cannot be easily represented using continuous constraints, necessitating the use of discrete logic instead. This paper presents a method for incorporating…

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This paper develops a novel approach to necessary optimality conditions for constrained variational problems defined in generally incomplete subspaces of absolutely continuous functions. Our approach involves reducing a variational problem…

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This paper presents a perturbation analysis framework for nonsmooth optimization on connected Riemannian manifolds to bridge the gap between the rapid development of algorithmic approaches and a robust theoretical foundation. Using…

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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…

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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…

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In recent developments, a novel set of necessary optimality conditions for mixed constrained optimal control problems, termed the asymptotic weak maximum principle, has been formulated. These novel conditions deviate from the classical ones…

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