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On generalised convex nonsmooth functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Dinh The Luc
Dinh The Luc
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, PO Box 631 Boho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Abstract

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Some characterisations of generalised convex functions are established by means of Clarke's subdifferential and directional derivatives.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 139 - 149
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1994

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