Cone sequential compactness of a set and an application to set optimization problems (Q6952230)

\textit{M. Durea} and \textit{E.-A. Florea} introduced the notion of cone sequential compactness of a set [J. Optim. Theory Appl. 200, No. 3, 1286--1308 (2024; Zbl 1566.49019)]. In this paper, the authors provide characterizations of cone sequential compactness and establish several results based on this notion -- for instance, a Weierstrass-type theorem, a separation theorem for convex sets, and an equivalent characterization of cone upper semicontinuity for set-valued mappings. Moreover, they derive properties of a nonlinear scalarizing function by employing cone sequential compactness. As an application, they establish the connectedness and arcwise connectedness of the solution sets to set optimization problems using cone sequential compactness.