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Sharp Minima for Multiobjective Optimization in Banach Spaces

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We study sharp minima for multiobjective optimization problems. In terms of the Mordukhovich coderivative and the normal cone, we present sufficient and or necessary conditions for existence of such sharp minima, some of which are new even in the single objective setting.

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This research was supported by a Central Research Grant of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Grant No. G-T 507). Research of the first author was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of PR China (Grant No. 10361008) and the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province, China (Grant No. 2003A002M).

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Zheng, X.Y., Yang, X.M. & Teo, K.L. Sharp Minima for Multiobjective Optimization in Banach Spaces. Set-Valued Anal 14, 327–345 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11228-006-0023-7

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