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By a scalarization method and properties of semi-algebraic sets, it is proved that both the Pareto solution set and the weak Pareto solution set of a vector variational inequality, where the constraint set is polyhedral convex and the basic operators are given by polynomial functions, have finitely many connected components. Consequences of the results for vector optimization problems are discussed in details. The results of this paper solve in the affirmative some open questions for the case of general problems without requiring monotonicity of the operators involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The problem of finding minima of weakly sequentially lower semicontinuous functions on reflexive Banach spaces is studied by means of convex and nonconvex subdifferentials. Finding a descent direction for a non-stationary point is a question of importance for many optimization algorithms. The existence or non-existence of such a direction is clarified through several theorems and a series of selective examples. For the general problem, a notion called radius of descent is proposed and shown to be useful for the analysis related to descent directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper, we study the finite termination of sequences generated by inexact proximal point algorithms for finding zeroes of a maximal monotone (set-valued) operator $$T$$ on a Hilbert space. Under some mild conditions, we get that a sequence generated by inexact proximal point algorithm stops after a finite number of iterations. Our results extend the corresponding results in Rockafellar (SIAM J Control Optim 14:877-898, ). In particular, for optimization problems, our results improve corresponding results in Ferris (Math Progr 50:359-366, ). As applications, we obtain finite termination of projected gradient method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study second-order necessary optimality conditions for a discrete optimal control problem with a nonconvex cost function and control constraints. By establishing an abstract result on second-order necessary optimality conditions for a mathematical programming problem, we derive second-order optimality conditions for a discrete optimal control problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]