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Extending a fundamental result for (indefinite) quadratic programs, this paper shows that certain non-convex piecewise programs have only a finite number of directional stationary values, and thus, possess only finitely many locally minimum…

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We introduce a notion of locally approximable continuous CR functions on locally closed subsets of reduced complex spaces, generalizing both holomorphic functions and CR functions on CR submanifolds. Under additional assumptions of…

We discuss two distinct minimality principles for general supremal first order functionals for maps and characterise them through solvability of associated second order PDE systems. Specifically, we consider Aronsson's standard notion of…

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The topological pressure is defined for subadditive sequence of potentials in bundle random dynamical systems. A variational principle for the topological pressure is set up in a very weak condition. The result may have some applications in…

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We prove two relative local variational principles of topological pressure functions $P(T,\mathcal{F},\mathcal{U},y)$ and$P(T,\mathcal{F},\mathcal{U}|Y)$ for a given factor map $\pi$, an open cover $\mathcal{U} $ and a subadditive sequence…

In this paper, we obtain some new results about weakly singular integral inequalities. These inequalities are used to discuss the global existence and uniqueness results for fractional differential equations of Riemann-Liouville type. Some…

We give a geometric description of variational principles in mechanics, with special attention to constrained systems. For the general case of nonholonomic constraints, a unified variational approach is given, and the equations of motion of…

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Suppose $f(x,y) + \frac{\kappa}{2} \|x\|^2 - \frac{\sigma}{2}\|y\|^2$ is convex where $\sigma>0$, and the argmin function $\gamma(x) = \{ \gamma : \inf_y f(x,y) = f(x,\gamma)\}$ exists and is single valued. We will prove $\gamma$ is…

Let F be the function field of a curve over a complete discretely valued field K. Let G be a semisimple simply connected linear algebraic group over F of type An. We give a description of the obstruction to local global principle for…

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