Multidimensional optimization problems where the objective function and the constraints are multiextremal non-differentiable Lipschitz functions (with unknown Lipschitz constants) and the feasible region is a finite collection of robust nonconvex subregions are considered. Both the objective function and the constraints may be partially defined. To solve such problems an algorithm is proposed, ...

We study the spreading of characteristics for a class of one-dimensional scalar conservation laws for which the ux function has exactly one point of innection. It is well-known that the characteristic speed satisses a one-sided Lipschitz estimate in the convex case. Using Dafermos' theory of generalized characteristics 3] we show that the characteristic speed in the nonconvex case satisses a HH...

In the context of a strongly local Dirichlet space we show that if a function mapping the real line to itself (and fixing the origin) operates by composition on the left to map the Dirichlet space into itself, then the function is necessarily locally Lipschitz continuous. If, in addition, the Dirichlet space contains unbounded elements, then the function must be globally Lipschitz continuous. T...

In this paper we present a new technique for minimizing a class of nonconvex functions for solving the problem of under–determined systems of linear equations. The proposed technique is based on locally replacing the nonconvex objective function by a convex objective function. The main property of the utilized convex function is that it is minimized at a point that reduces the original concave ...

We prove that every Lipschitz function from a subset of a locally compact length space to a metric tree has a unique absolutely minimal Lipschitz extension (AMLE). We relate these extensions to a stochastic game called Politics — a generalization of a game called Tug of War that has been used in [42] to study real-valued AMLEs.

We prove that any subanalytic locally Lipschitz function has the Sard property. Such functions are typically nonsmooth and their lack of regularity necessitates the choice of some generalized notion of gradient and of critical point. In our framework these notions are defined in terms of the Clarke and of the convex-stable subdifferentials. The main result of this note asserts that for any suba...

In 2002 F. Wirth has proved that the joint spectral radius of irreducible compact sets of matrices is locally Lipschitz continuous as a function of the matrix set. In the paper, an explicit formula for the related Lipschitz constant is obtained. PACS number 02.10.Ud; 02.10.Yn MSC 2000: 15A18; 15A60

The existence of a locally Lipschitz continuous homogeneous Lyapunov function is proven for class asymptotically stable infinite dimensional systems with unbounded nonlinear operators.

We prove the Lipschitz dependence on the initial condition of the solution set of a nonconvex second-order differential inclusions by applying the contraction principle in the space of selections of the multifunction instead of the space of solutions.

We prove the existence of solutions for third-order nonconvex state-dependent sweeping process with unbounded perturbations of the form: −A x 3 t ∈ N K t, ẋ t ; A ẍ t F t, x t , ẋ t , ẍ t G x t , ẋ t , ẍ t a.e. 0, T , A ẍ t ∈ K t, ẋ t , a.e. t ∈ 0, T , x 0 x0, ẋ 0 u0, ẍ 0 υ0, where T > 0, K is a nonconvex Lipschitz set-valued mapping, F is an unbounded scalarly upper semicontinuous convex set-v...