We establish the Subgradient Theorem for monotone correspondences -- a monotone correspondence is equal to the subdifferential of a potential if and only if it is conservative, i.e. its integral along a closed path vanishes irrespective of the selection from the correspondence along the path. We...

It is common to tolerate that a system's performance be unsustainable during an interim period. To live long however, its state must eventually satisfy various constraints. In this regard we design here differential inclusions that generate, in one generic format, two distinct phases of system...

We provide necessary conditions for Pareto optimum in economies where tastes or technologies may be nonconvex, nonsmooth, and affected by externalities. Firms can pursue own objectives, much like the consumers. Infinite-dimensional commodity spaces are accommodated. Public goods and material...

In the same spirit as the one of the paper (Hiriart-Urruty and Malick in J. Optim. Theory Appl. 153(3):551–577, <CitationRef CitationID="CR29">2012</CitationRef>) on positive semidefinite matrices, we survey several useful properties of the rank function (of a matrix) and add some new ones. Since the so-called rank minimization problems...</citationref>

In this work, by using weak conjugate maps given in (Azimov and Gasimov, in Int J Appl Math 1:171–192, <CitationRef CitationID="CR1">1999</CitationRef>), weak Fenchel conjugate dual problem, <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$${(D_F^w)}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> , and weak Fenchel Lagrange conjugate dual problem <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$${(D_{FL}^w)}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> are constructed. Necessary and sufficient conditions for...</equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></inlineequation></citationref>