Nonconvex minimization problems

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DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1979-14595-6zbMath0441.49011WikidataQ55879775 ScholiaQ55879775MaRDI QIDQ3883068

Ivar Ekeland

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)


90C30: Nonlinear programming

46B99: Normed linear spaces and Banach spaces; Banach lattices

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

49J50: Fréchet and Gateaux differentiability in optimization

47J05: Equations involving nonlinear operators (general)

49M37: Numerical methods based on nonlinear programming

47H10: Fixed-point theorems

34H05: Control problems involving ordinary differential equations

49J15: Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations

58B20: Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds

49J27: Existence theories for problems in abstract spaces

58C20: Differentiation theory (Gateaux, Fréchet, etc.) on manifolds

93C15: Control/observation systems governed by ordinary differential equations

49K15: Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations

49-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control


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