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An extension of the Polyak convexity principle with application to nonconvex optimization. (English) Zbl 1458.52002

Summary: The main problem considered in the present paper is to single out classes of convex sets, whose convexity property is preserved under nonlinear smooth transformations. Extending an approach due to B. T. Polyak, the present study focusses on the class of uniformly convex subsets of Banach spaces. As a main result, a quantitative condition linking the modulus of convexity of such kind of set, the regularity behaviour around a point of a nonlinear mapping and the Lipschitz continuity of its derivative is established, which ensures the images of uniformly convex sets to remain uniformly convex. Applications of the resulting convexity principle to the existence of solutions, their characterization and to the Lagrangian duality theory in constrained nonconvex optimization are then discussed.

MSC:

52A21 Convexity and finite-dimensional Banach spaces (including special norms, zonoids, etc.) (aspects of convex geometry)
52A05 Convex sets without dimension restrictions (aspects of convex geometry)
90C26 Nonconvex programming, global optimization
90C46 Optimality conditions and duality in mathematical programming
90C48 Programming in abstract spaces
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