Convexity and Optimization in Finite Dimensions I.

Josef Stoer, Christoph Witzgall

ISBN 10: 0387048359 / ISBN 13: 9780387048352

Published by Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1970

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Convexity and Optimization in Finite Dimensions I.
• Publisher: Springer Verlag, Berlin
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387048359
• ISBN 13: 9780387048352
• Binding: yellow cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No dj
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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Synopsis

Dantzig's development of linear programming into one of the most applicable optimization techniques has spread interest in the algebra of linear inequalities, the geometry of polyhedra, the topology of convex sets, and the analysis of convex functions. It is the goal of this volume to provide a synopsis of these topics, and thereby the theoretical back­ ground for the arithmetic of convex optimization to be treated in a sub­ sequent volume. The exposition of each chapter is essentially independent, and attempts to reflect a specific style of mathematical reasoning. The emphasis lies on linear and convex duality theory, as initiated by Gale, Kuhn and Tucker, Fenchel, and v. Neumann, because it represents the theoretical development whose impact on modern optimi­ zation techniques has been the most pronounced. Chapters 5 and 6 are devoted to two characteristic aspects of duality conjugate functions or polarity on the one hand, and saddle points on the other. The Farkas lemma on linear inequalities and its generalizations, Motzkin's description of polyhedra, Minkowski's supporting plane theorem are indispensable elementary tools which are contained in chapters 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The treatment of extremal properties of polyhedra as well as of general convex sets is based on the far reaching work of Klee. Chapter 2 terminates with a description of Gale diagrams, a recently developed successful technique for exploring polyhedral structures.