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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The problem of minimizing a convex function that is subject to the constraint that a number of other convex functions be nonpositive can be treated by the Lagrange multiplier method. Such a treatment was revived by Kuhn and Tucker and further studied by many other scientists. These studies led to an associated maximizing problem on the Lagrange function. The aim of this note is to give a short elementary proof that the infimum of the first problem is equal to the supremum of the second problem. To carry this out it is necessary to relax the constraints of the first (or the second) problem so that the constraints are enforced only in the limit. This relaxation of constraints is not necessary should prescribing upper bounds to all the convex functions define a bounded set of points in the domain of the functions. The domain of the functions can be n-dimensional space or a reflexive Banach space.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1778-81
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Lagrange multiplier method for convex programs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article