Nonsmooth Lyapunov pairs for infinite-dimensional first-order differential inclusions
- Authors: Adly, Samir , Hantoute, Abderrahim , Théra, Michel
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications Vol. 75, no. 3 (February, 2012), p. 985-1008
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- Description: The main objective of this paper is to provide new explicit criteria to characterize weak lower semicontinuous Lyapunov pairs or functions associated to first-order differential inclusions in Hilbert spaces. These inclusions are governed by a Lipschitzian perturbation of a maximally monotone operator. The dual criteria we give are expressed by means of the proximal and basic subdifferentials of the nominal functions while primal conditions are described in terms of the contingent directional derivative. We also propose a unifying review of many other criteria given in the literature. Our approach is based on advanced tools of variational analysis and generalized differentiation.
Weaker conditions for subdifferential calculus of convex functions
- Authors: Correa, Rafael , Hantoute, Abderrahim , López, Marco
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Functional Analysis Vol. 271, no. 5 (2016), p. 1177-1212
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100854
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- Description: In this paper we establish new rules for the calculus of the subdifferential mapping of the sum of two convex functions. Our results are established under conditions which are at an intermediate level of generality among those leading to the Hiriart-Urruty and Phelps formula (Hiriart-Urruty and Phelps, 1993 [15]), involving the approximate subdifferential, and the stronger assumption used in the well-known Moreau-Rockafellar formula (Rockafellar 1970, [23]; Moreau 1966, [20]), which only uses the exact subdifferential. We give an application to derive asymptotic optimality conditions for convex optimization.
- Description: In this paper we establish new rules for the calculus of the subdifferential mapping of the sum of two convex functions. Our results are established under conditions which are at an intermediate level of generality among those leading to the Hiriart-Urruty and Phelps formula (Hiriart-Urruty and Phelps, 1993 [15]), involving the approximate subdifferential, and the stronger assumption used in the well-known Moreau-Rockafellar formula (Rockafellar 1970, [23]; Moreau 1966, [20]), which only uses the exact subdifferential. We give an application to derive asymptotic optimality conditions for convex optimization. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Towards supremum-sum subdifferential calculus free of qualification conditions
- Authors: Correa, Rafael , Hantoute, Abderrahim , López, Marco
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Siam Journal on Optimization Vol. 26, no. 4 (2016), p. 2219-2234
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100854
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- Description: We give a formula for the subdifferential of the sum of two convex functions where one of them is the supremum of an arbitrary family of convex functions. This is carried out under a weak assumption expressing a natural relationship between the lower semicontinuous envelopes of the data functions in the domain of the sum function. We also provide a new rule for the subdifferential of the sum of two convex functions, which uses a strategy of augmenting the involved functions. The main feature of our analysis is that no continuity-type condition is required. Our approach allows us to unify, recover, and extend different results in the recent literature.
Valadier-like Formulas for the Supremum Function II: The Compactly Indexed Case
- Authors: Correa, Rafael , Hantoute, Abderrahim , Lopez, Marco
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Convex Analysis Vol. 26, no. 1 (2019), p. 299-324
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- Description: Continuing with the work on the subdifferential of the pointwise supremum of convex functions, started in part I of this paper [R. Correa, A. Hantoute, M. A. Lopez, Valadier-like formulas for the supremum function I, J. Convex Analysis 25 (2018) 1253-1278], we focus now on the compactly indexed case. We assume that the index set is compact and that the data functions are upper semicontinuous with respect to the index variable (actually, this assumption will only affect the set of epsilon-active indices at the reference point). As in the previous work, we do not require any continuity assumption with respect to the decision variable. The current compact setting gives rise to more explicit formulas, which only involve subdifferentials at the reference point of active data functions. Other formulas are derived under weak continuity assumptions. These formulas reduce to the characterization given by M. Valadier [Sous-differentiels d'une borne superieure et d'une somme continue de fonctions convexes, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. A-B Math. 268 (1969) 39-42, Theorem 2], when the supremum function is continuous.
Nonsmooth Lyapunov pairs for differential inclusions governed by operators with nonempty interior domain
- Authors: Adly, Samir , Hantoute, Abderrahim , Thera, Michel
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Mathematical Programming Vol. 157, no. 2 (2016), p. 349-374
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- Description: The general theory of Lyapunov stability of first-order differential inclusions in Hilbert spaces has been studied by the authors in the previous paper (Adly et al. in Nonlinear Anal 75(3): 985–1008, 2012). This new contribution focuses on the case when the interior of the domain of the maximally monotone operator governing the given differential inclusion is nonempty; this includes in a natural way the finite-dimensional case. The current setting leads to simplified, more explicit criteria and permits some flexibility in the choice of the generalized subdifferentials. Some consequences of the viability of closed sets are given. Our analysis makes use of standard tools from convex and variational analysis. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and Mathematical Optimization Society.
Subdifferential of the supremum via compactification of the index set
- Authors: Correa, Rafael , Hantoute, Abderrahim , López, Marco
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: Vietnam Journal of Mathematics Vol. 48, no. 3 (2020), p. 569-588, http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100602
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- Description: We give new characterizations for the subdifferential of the supremum of an arbitrary family of convex functions, dropping out the standard assumptions of compactness of the index set and upper semi-continuity of the functions with respect to the index (J. Convex Anal. 26, 299–324, 2019). We develop an approach based on the compactification of the index set, giving rise to an appropriate enlargement of the original family. Moreover, in contrast to the previous results in the literature, our characterizations are formulated exclusively in terms of exact subdifferentials at the nominal point. Fritz–John and KKT conditions are derived for convex semi-infinite programming. © 2020, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Description: Funding details: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo CientÃfico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica, FONDECYT, PIA AFB-170001, 1190110, 1190012 Funding details: Universidad de Alicante, BEA- GAL 18/00205, PGC2018-097960-B-C21 Funding details: Australian Research Council, ARC, DP 180100602 Funding details: Comisión Nacional de Investigación CientÃfica y Tecnológica, CONICYT Funding details: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, MICINN Funding text 1: Research supported by CONICYT (Fondecyt 1190012 and 1190110), Proyecto/Grant PIA AFB-170001, MICIU of Spain and Universidad de Alicante (Grant Beatriz Galindo BEA- GAL 18/00205), and Research Project PGC2018-097960-B-C21 from MICINN, Spain. The research of the third author is also supported by the Australian ARC - Discovery Projects DP 180100602
Valadier-like formulas for the supremum function I
- Authors: Correa, Rafael , Hantoute, Abderrahim , López, Marco
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Convex Analysis Vol. 25, no. 4 (2018), p. 1253-1278
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100854
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- Description: We generalize and improve the original characterization given by Valadier [19, Theorem 1] of the subdifferential of the pointwise supremum of convex functions, involving the subdifferentials of the data functions at nearby points. We remove the continuity assumption made in that work and obtain a general formula for such a subdifferential. In particular, when the supremum is continuous at some point of its domain, but not necessarily at the reference point, we get a simpler version which gives rise to the Valadier formula. Our starting result is the characterization given in [11, Theorem 4], which uses the e-subdifferential at the reference point.
A new tour on the subdifferential of the Supremum function
- Authors: Hantoute, Abderrahim , López-Cerdá, Marco
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: International Meeting on Functional Analysis and Continuous Optimization, IMFACO 2022, Elche, Spain, 16-17 June 2022, Functional Analysis and Continuous Optimization In Honour of Juan Carlos Ferrando's 65th Birthday, Elche, Spain, June 16–17, 2022 Vol. 424, p. 167-194
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- Description: This chapter is a survey presenting various characterizations of the subdifferential of the pointwise supremum of convex functions, as well as some featured applications. We gathered here the main outcomes we obtained in a series of recent papers, dealing with different models, assumptions and scenarios. Starting by the maximum generality framework, we move after to particular contexts in which some continuity and compactness assumptions are either imposed or inforced via processes of compactification of the index set and regularization of the data functions. Some relevant applications of the general results are presented, in particular to derive rules for the subdifferential of the sum, and for convexifying a general (unconstrained) optimization problem. The last section gives some specific constraint qualifications for the convex optimization problem with an arbitrary set of constraints, and also contains different sets of KKT-type optimality conditions appealing to the subdifferential of the supremum function. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.