Convex analysis of spectrally defined matrix functions

SIAM Journal on Optimization

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 679-696

  Seeger, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behavior; Barrier function; Convex analysis; Fenchel legendre conjugate; Regularization; Second order subdifferential; Spectrally defined functions; Subdifferential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031529488     PISSN: 10526234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1052623495288866     Document Type: Article

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