On a minimax theorem: an improvement, a new proof and an overview of its applications

zbMath1366.49009arXiv1612.08191MaRDI QIDQ2977465

Biagio Ricceri

Publication date: 18 April 2017

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.08191

zbMATH Keywords

minimax; multiplicity; global minimum; quasi-concavity; inf-compactness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C25: Convex programming

90C47: Minimax problems in mathematical programming

35P30: Nonlinear eigenvalue problems and nonlinear spectral theory for PDEs

46C05: Hilbert and pre-Hilbert spaces: geometry and topology (including spaces with semidefinite inner product)

46B20: Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces

49J35: Existence of solutions for minimax problems

49J45: Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation

49J27: Existence theories for problems in abstract spaces

49K35: Optimality conditions for minimax problems

35J20: Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations

46A55: Convex sets in topological linear spaces; Choquet theory

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