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Extremal points of a functional on the set of convex functions
Author(s):
T.
Lachand-Robert;
M.
A.
Peletier
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
127
(1999),
1723-1727.
MSC (1991):
Primary 49K99
Posted:
February 11, 1999
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Abstract:
We investigate the extremal points of a functional , for a convex or concave function . The admissible functions are convex themselves and satisfy a condition . We show that the extremal points are exactly and if these functions are convex and coincide on the boundary . No explicit regularity condition is imposed on , , or . Subsequently we discuss a number of extensions, such as the case when or are non-convex or do not coincide on the boundary, when the function also depends on , etc.
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T.
Lachand-Robert
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d'Analyse Numérique, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
Email:
lachand@ann.jussieu.fr
M.
A.
Peletier
Affiliation:
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY United Kingdom
Email:
M.A.Peletier@bath.ac.uk
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05209-0
PII:
S 0002-9939(99)05209-0
Keywords:
Extremal points,
convexity constraint,
non-convex minimization
Received by editor(s):
September 10, 1997
Posted:
February 11, 1999
Additional Notes:
Part of this work was carried out during a visit of the second author to Université Pierre et Marie Curie under the contract of the European Union 921 CHRX CT 94.
Communicated by:
Jeffrey B. Rauch
Copyright of article:
Copyright
1999,
American Mathematical Society
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