Variational Analysis

Rockafellar, R.T.; Wets, Roger J-.B.

ISBN 10: 3540627723 / ISBN 13: 9783540627722

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 1997

From its origins in the minimization of integral functionals, the notion of 'variations' has evolved in connection with applications in optimization, equilibrium, and control. This book provides an exposition of variational geometry and subdifferential calculus in their forms beyond classical and convex analysis. Series: Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 748 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1196. . 1997. 1st Corrected ed. 1998, Corr. 3rd printing. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9783540627722

Synopsis:

From its origins in the minimization of integral functionals, the notion of 'variations' has evolved greatly in connection with applications in optimization, equilibrium, and control. It refers not only to constrained movement away from a point, but also to modes of perturbation and approximation that are best describable by 'set convergence', variational convergence of functions and the like. This book develops a unified framework and, in finite dimension, provides a detailed exposition of variational geometry and subdifferential calculus in their current forms beyond classical and convex analysis. Also covered are set-convergence, set-valued mappings, epi-convergence, duality, maximal monotone mappings, second-order subderivatives, measurable selections and normal integrands.

The changes in this 3^rd printing mainly concern various typographical corrections, and reference omissions that came to light in the previous printings. Many of these reached the authors' notice through their own re-reading, that of their students and a number of colleagues mentioned in the Preface. The authors also included a few telling examples as well as improved a few statements, with slightly weaker assumptions or have strengthened the conclusions in a couple of instances.

About the Author:

Both authors have long worked with applications of convex, and later nonconvex, analysis to problems in optimization. Both are recipients of the Dantzig Prize (awarded by SIAM and the Mathematical Programming Society): Rockafellar in 1982 and Wets in 1994.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Variational Analysis
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New