Splitting forward-backward penalty scheme for constrained variational problems

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Abstract: We study a forward backward splitting algorithm that solves the variational inequality �egin{equation*} A x +

abla Phi(x)+ N_C (x) i 0 end{equation*} where H is a real Hilbert space, A:HightrightarrowsH is a maximal monotone operator, Phi:HomathbbR is a smooth convex function, and NC is the outward normal cone to a closed convex set CsubsetH. The constraint set C is represented as the intersection of the sets of minima of two convex penalization function Psi1:HomathbbR and Psi2:HomathbbRcup+infty. The function Psi1 is smooth, the function Psi2 is proper and lower semicontinuous. Given a sequence of penalization parameters which tends to infinity, and a sequence of positive time steps (lambdan), the algorithm left{�egin{array}{rcl} x_1 & in & H,\ x_{n+1} & = & (I+lambda_n A+lambda_n�eta_npartialPsi_2)^{-1}(x_n-lambda_n ablaPhi(x_n)-lambda_n�eta_n

ablaPsi_1(x_n)), ngeq 1. end{array} ight. performs forward steps on the smooth parts and backward steps on the other parts. Under suitable assumptions, we obtain weak ergodic convergence of the sequence (xn) to a solution of the variational inequality. Convergence is strong when either A is strongly monotone or Phi is strongly convex. We also obtain weak convergence of the whole sequence (xn) when A is the subdifferential of a proper lower-semicontinuous convex function. This provides a unified setting for several classical and more recent results, in the line of historical research on continuous and discrete gradient-like systems.












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