An Extension of Polyak’s Theorem in a Hilbert Space

A. Baccari () and B. Samet ()
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A. Baccari: Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis
B. Samet: Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2009, vol. 140, issue 3, No 2, 409-418

Abstract: Abstract Let H be an infinite-dimensional real Hilbert space equipped with the scalar product (⋅,⋅) H . Let us consider three linear bounded operators, $$A_{i}:H\rightarrow H,\quad\,i=1,2,3.$$ We define the functions $$\begin{array}{rcl}\varphi_{i}(x)&=&(A_{i}x,x)_{H}+2(a_{i},x)_{H}+\alpha_{i},\quad\forall x\in H,\ i=1,2,\\[3pt]f_{i}(x)&=&(A_{i}x,x)_{H},\quad\forall x\in H,\ i=1,2,3,\end{array}$$ where a i ∈H and α i ∈ℝ. In this paper, we discuss the closure and the convexity of the sets Φ H ⊂ℝ2 and F H ⊂ℝ3 defined by $$\begin{array}{rcl}\Phi_{H}&=&\{(\varphi_{1}(x),\varphi_{2}(x))\mid x\in H\},\\[3pt]F_{H}&=&\{(f_{1}(x),f_{2}(x),f_{3}(x))\mid x\in H\}.\end{array}$$ Our work can be considered as an extension of Polyak’s results concerning the finite-dimensional case.

Keywords: Convexity; Closure; Quadratic functions; Hilbert space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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