On a globalization property

Stefan Rolewicz¹

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Applicationes Mathematicae, Tome 22 (1993) no. 1, pp. 69-73

Résumé

Let (X,τ) be a topological space. Let Φ be a class of real-valued functions defined on X. A function ϕ ∈ Φ is called a local Φ-subgradient of a function f:X → ℝ at a point $x_0$ if there is a neighbourhood U of $x_0$ such that f(x) - f($x_0$) ≥ ϕ(x) - ϕ($x_0$) for all x ∈ U. A function ϕ ∈ Φ is called a global Φ-subgradient of f at $x_0$ if the inequality holds for all x ∈ X. The following properties of the class Φ are investigated: (a) when the existence of a local Φ-subgradient of a function f at each point implies the existence of a global Φ-subgradient of f at each point (globalization property), (b) when each local Φ-subgradient can be extended to a global Φ-subgradient (strong globalization property).

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DOI : 10.4064/am-22-1-69-73

Keywords: Φ-subgradients, globalization property