Higher-order necessary optimality conditions for extremum problems in topological vector spaces (Q1590130)

Starting from a result of \textit{A. Ben-Tal} and \textit{J. Zowe} [cf. ``A unified theory of first and second order conditions for extremum problems in topological vector spaces'', Math. Program. Study 18, 39-76 (1982; Zbl 0494.49020)] where second order necessary optimality conditions for certain abstract optimization problems in topological vector spaces are proved, the authors provide a generalization of this result so as to include necessary conditions of arbitrary order \(n\). The results proved in the paper are also compared with the \(n\)-order necessary optimality conditions of Furukawa and Yoshinaga, and they are proved to be essentially equivalent when related to the problem considered in the paper.