Legendre-type optimality conditions for a variational problem with inequality state constraints

Sayuri Koga*

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Abstract

We extend Legendre condition to a vocational problem with inequality state constraints. Since our Legendre-type conditions do not include .Y, they differ from the Legendre-Clebsch condition. They give information about the Hesse matrix of the integrand at not only inactive points but also active points. On the other hand, since the inequality state constraints can be regarded as an infinite number of inequality constraints, they sometimes form an envelope. According to a general theory [9], one has to take the envelope into consideration when one consider second-order necessary optimality conditions for an abstract optimization problem with a generalized inequality constraint. However, we show that we do not need to take it into account when we consider Legendre-type conditions. Finally, we show that any inequality state constraint forms envelopes except two trivial cases. We prove it by presenting an envelope in a visible form.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-434
Number of pages14
JournalMathematical Programming
Volume84
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Envelope
  • Inequality state constraint
  • Legendre condition
  • Order optimality condition
  • Second
  • Weak minimal solution

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • General Mathematics

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