Abstract

We survey the tight connection between differentiability of conjugate functions and perturbed optimization principles.

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Jonathan Borwein

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia

jborwein@cs.dal.ca

Jon Vanderwerff

Department of Mathematics, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 92515, U.S.A.

jvanderw@lasierra.edu

Keywords

  • Convex function
  • conjugate
  • Fréchet differentability

Mathematics Subject Classification

52A41; 46G05, 46N10, 49J50, 90C25

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Suggested citation

J. Borwein, J. Vanderwerff. “Differentiability of Conjugate Functions and Perturbed Minimization Principles.” Journal of Convex Analysis 16 (2009), No. 3&4, 707–711. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca16042

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