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In this paper, we present some mean value theorems for the scalar derivatives. This mathematical tool is used to develop a new method applicable to the study of existence of nontrivial solutions of complementarity problems.
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The authors express their gratitude to A. B. Németh for many helpful conversations. S. Z. Németh was supported by the Hungarian Research Grant OTKA 60480.
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Isac†, G., Németh, S. (2010). Mean Value Theorems for the Scalar Derivative and Applications. In: Pardalos, P., Rassias, T., Khan, A. (eds) Nonlinear Analysis and Variational Problems. Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 35. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0158-3_22
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