Abstract

We show, largely using convex examples, that most of the core results for limiting subdifferential calculus fail without additional restrictions in infinite dimensional Banach spaces.

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Jonathan M. Borwein

CECM, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C. V5A 156, Canada.

Qiji J. Zhu

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA

Keywords

  • Nonsmooth analysis
  • subdifferentials
  • coderivatives
  • extremal principle
  • open mapping theorem
  • metric regularity
  • multiplier rules
  • compactly Lipschitzian conditions

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J. M. Borwein, Q. J. Zhu. “Limiting Convex Examples for Nonconvex Subdifferential Calculus.” Journal of Convex Analysis 5 (1998), No. 2, 221–235. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca05-16

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