Convexity and Well-Posed Problems (CMS Books in Mathematics) 2006th Edition by Roberto Lucchetti (PDF)

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This book deals mainly with the study of convex functions and their behavior from the point of view of stability with respect to perturbations. We shall consider convex functions from the most modern point of view: a function is de?ned to be convex whenever its epigraph, the set of the points lying above the graph, is a convex set. Thus many of its properties can be seen also as properties of a certain convex set related to it. Moreover, we shall consider extended real valued functions, i. e. , functions taking possibly the values?? and +?. The reason for considering the value +? is the powerful device of including the constraint set of a constrained minimum problem into the objective function itself (by rede?ning it as +? outside the constraint set). Except for trivial cases, the minimum value must be taken at a point where the function is not +?, hence at a point in the constraint set. And the value ?? is allowed because useful operations, such as the inf-convolution, can give rise to functions valued?? even when the primitive objects are real valued. Observe that de?ning the objective function to be +? outside the closed constraint set preserves lower semicontinuity, which is the pivotal and mi- mal continuity assumption one needs when dealing with minimum problems. Variational calculus is usually based on derivatives.

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Editorial Reviews: Review From the reviews:”In this book the author focuses on the study of convex functions and their properties under perturbations of data. In particular, he illustrates the ideas of stability and well-posedness and the connections between them. … This book is intended for graduate students and researchers especially in mathematics, physics and economics; to facilitate its use as a textbook, the author has included many exercises and examples of different levels of difficulty.” (Davide La Torre, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2006 h)”This book studies convex functions in Banach spaces and the stable behavior under perturbations of the optimization problems associated to them. … An interesting feature of the book is the inclusion of some topics, like elements of game theory, hypertopologies and genericity of well-posedness, not usually found in textbooks devoted to convexity and optimization. … several useful examples, comments and remarks scattered throughout, and over 120 exercises of varying level difficulty. This book is suitable for graduate courses on convex optimization from a mathematical standpoint.” (Tullio Zolezzi, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1106 (8), 2007) From the Back Cover Intended for graduate students especially in mathematics, physics, andeconomics, this book deals with the study of convex functions and oftheir behavior from the point of view of stability with respect toperturbations. The primary goal is the study of the problems ofstability and well-posedness, in the convex case. Stability means thebasic parameters of a minimum problem do not vary much if we slightlychange the initial data. Well-posedness means that points with valuesclose to the value of the problem must be close to actual solutions.In studying this, one is naturally led to consider perturbations ofboth functions and of sets.The book includes a discussion of numerous topics, including:* hypertopologies, ie, topologies on the closed subsets of a metric space; * duality in linear programming problems, via cooperative game theory; * the Hahn-Banach theorem, which is a fundamental tool for the study of convex functions; * questions related to convergence of sets of nets; * genericity and porosity results;* algorithms for minimizing a convex function. In order to facilitate use as a textbook, the author has included aselection of examples and exercises, varying in degree of difficulty.Robert Lucchetti is Professor of Mathematics at Politecnico di Milano. He has taught this material to graduate students at his own university, as well as the Catholic University of Brescia, and the University of Pavia.

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