Abstract

For a nonlinear control system, we derive a φ0\varphi_0-convexity result for the epigraph of the bilateral minimal time function. This extends the main result in a previous publication of the second author [Proximal subdifferential of the bilateral minimal time function and some regularity applications, J. Convex Analysis 20 (2013) 1095–1112], which discussed the linear case.

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Samara Chamoun

Dept. of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

samara.chamoun@lau.edu

Chadi Nour

Dept. of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

cnour@lau.edu.lb

Keywords

  • Bilateral minimal time function
  • nonlinear control system
  • ϕ0-convexity
  • proximal analysis
  • nonsmooth analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification

49N60, 49J52, 34A60

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Suggested citation

S. Chamoun, C. Nour. “A Nonlinear φ_0-Convexity Result for the Bilateral Minimal Time Function.” Journal of Convex Analysis 28 (2021), No. 1, 81–102. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca28008

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