A dynamic gradient approach to Pareto optimization with nonsmooth convex objective functions

In a general Hilbert framework, we consider continuous gradient-like dynamical systems for constrained multiobjective optimization involving non-smooth convex objective functions. Our approach is in the line of a previous work where was considered the case of convex di erentiable objective functions. Based on the Yosida regularization of the subdi erential operators involved in the system, we obtain the existence of strong global trajectories. We prove a descent property for each objective function, and the convergence of trajectories to weak Pareto minima. This approach provides a dynamical endogenous weighting of the objective functions. Applications are given to cooperative games, inverse problems, and numerical multiobjective optimization

Semilocal convergence of a k-step iterative process and its application for solving a special kind of conservative problems

[EN] In this paper, we analyze the semilocal convergence of k-steps Newton's method with frozen first derivative in Banach spaces. The method reaches order of convergence k + 1. By imposing only the assumption that the Fr,chet derivative satisfies the Lipschitz continuity, we define appropriate recurrence relations for obtaining the domains of convergence and uniqueness. We also define the accessibility regions for this iterative process in order to guarantee the semilocal convergence and perform a complete study of their efficiency. Our final aim is to apply these theoretical results to solve a special kind of conservative systems.Hernández-Verón, MA.; Martínez Molada, E.; Teruel-Ferragud, C. (2017). Semilocal convergence of a k-step iterative process and its application for solving a special kind of conservative problems. Numerical Algorithms. 76(2):309-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-016-0255-zS309331762Amat, S., Busquier, S., Bermúdez, C., Plaza, S.: On two families of high order Newton type methods. Appl. Math. Comput. 25, 2209–2217 (2012)Argyros, I.K., Hilout, S., Tabatabai, M.A.: Mathematical Modelling with Applications in Biosciences and Engineering. Nova Publishers, New York (2011)Argyros, I.K., George, S.: A unified local convergence for Jarratt-type methods in Banach space under weak conditions. Thai. J. Math. 13, 165–176 (2015)Argyros, I.K., Hilout, S.: On the local convergence of fast two-step Newton-like methods for solving nonlinear equations. J. Comput. Appl. Math. 245, 1–9 (2013)Argyros, I.K., Ezquerro, J.A., Gutiérrez, J.M., Hernández, M.A., Hilout, S.: On the semilocal convergence of efficient Chebyshev–Secant-type methods. J. Comput. Appl. Math. 235, 3195–2206 (2011)Cordero, A., Hueso, J.L., Martínez, E., Torregrosa, J.R.: Generating optimal derivative free iterative methods for nonlinear equations by using polynomial interpolation. Math. Comput. Mod. 57, 1950–1956 (2013)Ezquerro, J.A., Grau-Sánchez, M., Hernández, M. A., Noguera, M.: Semilocal convergence of secant-like methods for differentiable and nondifferentiable operators equations. J. Math. Anal. Appl. 398(1), 100–112 (2013)Honorato, G., Plaza, S., Romero, N.: Dynamics of a higher-order family of iterative methods. J. Complexity 27(2), 221–229 (2011)Jerome, J.W., Varga, R.S.: Generalizations of Spline Functions and Applications to Nonlinear Boundary Value and Eigenvalue Problems, Theory and Applications of Spline Functions. Academic Press, New York (1969)Kantorovich, L.V., Akilov, G.P.: Functional analysis Pergamon Press. Oxford (1982)Keller, H.B.: Numerical Methods for Two-Point Boundary-Value Problems. Dover Publications, New York (1992)Na, T.Y.: Computational Methods in Engineering Boundary Value Problems. Academic Press, New York (1979)Ortega, J.M.: The Newton-Kantorovich theorem. Amer. Math. Monthly 75, 658–660 (1968)Ostrowski, A.M.: Solutions of Equations in Euclidean and Banach Spaces. Academic Press, New York (1973)Plaza, S., Romero, N.: Attracting cycles for the relaxed Newton’s method. J. Comput. Appl. Math. 235(10), 3238–3244 (2011)Porter, D., Stirling, D.: Integral Equations: A Practical Treatment, From Spectral Theory to Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1990)Traub, J.F.: Iterative Methods for the Solution of Equations. Prentice-Hall. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1964)Argyros, I.K., George, S.: Extending the applicability of Gauss-Newton method for convex composite optimization on Riemannian manifolds using restricted convergence domains. Journal of Nonlinear Functional Analysis 2016 (2016). Article ID 27Xiao, J.Z., Sun, J., Huang, X.: Approximating common fixed points of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings by a k+1-step iterative scheme with error terms. J. Comput. Appl. Math 233, 2062–2070 (2010)Qin, X., Dehaish, B.A.B., Cho, S.Y.: Viscosity splitting methods for variational inclusion and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces. J. Nonlinear Sci. Appl. 9, 2789–2797 (2016

New sufficient convergence conditions for the secant method

summary:We provide new sufficient conditions for the convergence of the secant method to a locally unique solution of a nonlinear equation in a Banach space. Our new idea uses “Lipschitz-type” and center-“Lipschitz-type” instead of just “Lipschitz-type” conditions on the divided difference of the operator involved. It turns out that this way our error bounds are more precise than the earlier ones and under our convergence hypotheses we can cover cases where the earlier conditions are violated

Reeh-Schlieder Defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative localization schemes in relativistic quantum field theory

Many of the "counterintuitive" features of relativistic quantum field theory have their formal root in the Reeh-Schlieder theorem, which in particular entails that local operations applied to the vacuum state can produce any state of the entire field. It is of great interest, then, that I.E. Segal and, more recently, G. Fleming (in a paper entitled "Reeh-Schlieder Meets Newton-Wigner") have proposed an alternative "Newton-Wigner" localization scheme that avoids the Reeh-Schlieder theorem. In this paper, I reconstruct the Newton-Wigner localization scheme and clarify the limited extent to which it avoids the counterintuitive consequences of the Reeh-Schlieder theorem. I also argue that neither Segal nor Fleming has provided a coherent account of the physical meaning of Newton-Wigner localization.Comment: 25 pages, LaTe