Topological methods in complementarity theory (Q1977934)

The first three chapters of the book present the background on convex cones in topological vector spaces, a brief description of its development, the general framework and a set of important problems which use complementarity theory as a mathematical basis in the modeling of the problems that they study. These chapters provide a good introduction and a basic knowledge on the new domain of applied mathematics known as Complementarity Problems (CP). The fourth chapter is devoted to the proof of existent equivalencies between CP and some well known mathematical problems. Through 31 propositions and lemmata the equivalence of nonlinear equations to fixed point, variational inequality, least element optimization and other problems are established. Chapter 5 deals with the establishment of conditions that sustain the non-emptiness of the solution set as well as the global and local uniqueness of the solution. The solvability of problems that arise in Euclidean, Hilbert or Banach spaces is studied. I consider the chapter to be is considerably large (144 pages) and that it could have been benefited by a convenient division of it. The next chapter gives the information needed for coping with Topological Degree (TD). It analyses the solvability of the involved nonlinear equations in different CP's. The study of TD in particular problems (generalized linear order, horizontal linear and nonlinear CP) is developed. In chapter 7 zero-phi mappings are used for studying CP and in chapter 8 a similar exposition takes place but using the Exceptional Family of Elements. Two conditions are defined. They rely on the existence of subsequences \({x_{n_k}}_{k\in N}\) which converge to a fixed point \(x\). Chapter 9 reconsiders the solvability problem without assuming the compactness or the complete continuity of the involved operators. The usefulness of the derived results is illustrated by studying locally compact, Galerkin, general cones and other particular problems. The connection of fixed points and CP is the theme of Chapter 10 and the use of new results on topological methods is the subject of the last one. Some misprint are present. The book is a remarkable oeuvre for mathematicians, engineers and economists. Advanced graduate courses in Optimization, Game Theory and Mathematical Economics will benefit by using it as a reference book.