In 1977, Hedy Attouch established that a sequence of (closed proper) convex functions epi-converges to a convex function if and only if the graphs of the subdifferentials converge (in the Mosco sense) to the subdifferential of the limiting function and (roughly speaking) there is a condition that fixes the constant of integration. We show that the theorem is valid if instead one considers funct...

In this paper we study parametric evolution inclusions of the subdifferential type and their applications to the sensitivity analysis of nonlinear, infinite dimensional optimal control problems. The parameter appears in all the data of the problem, including the subdifferential operator. First we establish several continuity results for the solution multifunction of the subdifferential inclusio...

In this paper we survey some of our recent results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonconvex and nonsmooth problems which arise in Contact Mechanics. The approach is based on operator subdifferential inclusions and hemivariational inequalities, and focuses on three aspects. First, we report on results on the second order history-dependent subdifferential inclusions and hemivaria...

Lexicographic derivatives developed by Nesterov and directed subdifferentials developed by Baier, Farkhi, and Roshchina are both essentially nonconvex generalized derivatives for nonsmooth nonconvex functions and satisfy strict calculus rules and mean-value theorems. This article aims to clarify the relationship between the two generalized derivatives. In particular, for scalar-valued functions...

A number of rules for the calculus of subdifferentials of generalized convex functions are displayed. The subdifferentials we use are among the most significant for this class of functions, in particular for quasiconvex functions: we treat the Greenberg-Pierskalla’s subdifferential and its relatives and the Plastria’s lower subdifferential. We also deal with a recently introduced subdifferentia...

This paper sheds new light on several interrelated topics of second-order variational analysis, both in finite and infinite-dimensional settings. We establish new relationships between second-order growth conditions on functions, the basic properties of metric regularity and subregularity of the limiting subdifferential, tilt-stability of local minimizers, and positive-definiteness/semidefinite...

Developing first order optimality conditions for two-stage stochastic mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints (SMPECs) whose second stage problem has multiple equilibria/solutions is a challenging undone work. In this paper we take this challenge by considering a general class of two-stage SMPECs whose equilibrium constraints are represented by a parametric variational inequality (wh...

In general Banach space setting, we study the perturbed distance function d J S (·) determined by a closed subset S and a lower semicontinuous function J (·). In particular, we show that the Fréchet subdifferential and the proximal subdifferential of a perturbed distance function are representable by virtue of corresponding normal cones of S and subdifferentials of J (·).

In a recent paper we have shown that most non-expansive Lipschitz functions (in the sense of Baire’s category) have a maximal Clarke subdifferential. In the present paper, we show that in a separable Banach space the set of non-expansive Lipschitz functions with a maximal Clarke subdifferential is not only of generic, but also staunch. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 49J52.