What is quasiconvex analysis? (Q4949175)

This is the written version of a tutorial given at the CODE Workshop on Generalized Convexity and Monotonicity in Economic Modeling (Bellaterra, June 4-6, 1998). It surveys the main elements of generalized convexity theory, with special emphasis in generalized conjugation operators and related notions (dualities, polarities,\dots), together with their associated subdifferentials, topics that owe much to the author's research. The paper also discusses the role of variational convergences in connection with quasiconvex functions and nonconvex dualities and briefly studies the asymptotic analysis of quasiconvex functions. Besides the classical applications to optimization theory, there is also one section devoted to the use of nonconvex dualities in the study of Hamilton-Jacobi equations.