On a Class of Nonconvex Problems Where all Local Minima are Global
A function , where is an interval, is said to be a convex function on if holds for all and . There are several papers in the literature which discuss properties of convexity and contain integral inequalities. Furthermore, new classes of convex functions have been introduced in order to generalize the results and to obtain new estimations. We define some new classes of convex functions that we name quasi-convex, Jensen-convex, Wright-convex, Jensen-quasi-convex and Wright-quasi-convex functions...
In the paper, we deal with the relations among several generalized second-order directional derivatives. The results partially solve the problem which of the second-order optimality conditions is more useful.
Let be a function defined on the set of all by matrices that is invariant with respect to left and right multiplications of its argument by proper orthogonal matrices. The function can be represented as a function of the signed singular values of its matrix argument. The paper expresses the ordinary convexity, polyconvexity, and rank 1 convexity of in terms of its representation