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ε-Quasidifferentiability of real-valued functions and optimality conditions in extremal problems

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Quasidifferential Calculus

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In this paper we demonstrate how the concept of quasidifferentiability introduced by Demyanov and Rubinov may be extended to the more general concepts of ε-quasidifferentiability and approximate quasidifferentiability. We study the ε-quasidifferentiability of composite functions and present some rules for ε-quasidifferential calculus. The optimality conditions for some typical extremal problems are restated in terms of ε-quasidifferentials.

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Gorokhovik, V.V. (1986). ε-Quasidifferentiability of real-valued functions and optimality conditions in extremal problems. In: Demyanov, V.F., Dixon, L.C.W. (eds) Quasidifferential Calculus. Mathematical Programming Studies, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0121147

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