Abstract

We extend Zagrodny's Mean Value Theorem (MVT) to the class of weakly lower semicontinuous epi-pointed functions defined in locally convex spaces. With this at hand we extend the integration of generalized subdifferentials and the characterization of convexity via the monotonicity of the subdifferential.

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Rafael Correa

Universidad de O'Higgins, and: DIM-CMM, Universidad de Chile, Chile

rafael.correa@uoh.cl

Abderrahim Hantoute

Center for Mathematical Modeling, Universidad de Chile, Chile
and: Department of Mathematics, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

ahantoute@dim.uchile.cl

Pedro Pérez-Aros

Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile

pedro.perez@uoh.cl

Keywords

  • Approximate Mean Value Theorem
  • integration of subdifferentials
  • monotonicity of the subdifferential
  • epi-pointed functions
  • generalized subdifferentials

Mathematics Subject Classification

49J53, 49J52

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R. Correa, A. Hantoute, P. Pérez-Aros. “MVT, Integration, and Monotonicity of a Generalized Subdifferential in Locally Convex Spaces.” Journal of Convex Analysis 27 (2020), No. 4, 1345–1362. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca27071

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