This book presents a unified theory of convex functions, sets, and set-valued mappings in topological vector spaces with its specifications to locally convex, Banach and finite-dimensional settings. These developments and expositions are based on the powerful geometric approach of variational analysis, which resides on set extremality with its characterizations and specifications in the presence of convexity. Using this approach, the text consolidates the device of fundamental facts of generalized differential calculus to obtain novel results for convex sets, functions, and set-valued mappings in finite and infinite dimensions. It also explores topics beyond convexity using the fundamental machinery of convex analysis to develop nonconvex generalized differentiation and its applications.
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Boris Mordukhovich is Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics at Wayne State University. He has more than 500 publications including several monographs. Among his best known achievements are the introduction and development of powerful constructions of generalized differentiation and their applications to broad classes of problems in variational analysis, optimization, equilibrium, control, economics, engineering, and other fields. Mordukhovich is a SIAM Fellow, an AMS Fellow, and a recipient of many international awards and honors including Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from six universities over the world. He is a Highly Cited Researcher in Mathematics. His research has been supported by continued grants from the National Science Foundations and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Inhalt
Fundamentals.- Basic theory of convexity.- Convex generalized differentiation.- Enhanced calculus and fenchel duality.- Variational techniques and further subgradient study.- Miscellaneous topics on convexity.- Convexified Lipschitzian analysis.- List of Figures.- Glossary of Notation and Acronyms.- Subject Index.