Uniform prox-regularity of functions and epigraphs in Hilbert spaces

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-207

  Bernard, F ^a   Thibault, L ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Lower C 2 functions; Primal lower nice functions; Prox regular functions and sets; Proximally smooth sets

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

LOWER-C2 FUNCTIONS; PRIMAL LOWER NICE FUNCTIONS; PROX-REGULAR FUNCTIONS AND SETS; PROXIMALLY SMOOTH SETS;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 10044281531     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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