A critical view on invexity

Abstract

The aim of this note is to emphasize the fact that in many papers on invexity published in prestigious journals there are not clear definitions, trivial or not clear statements and wrong proofs. We also point out the unprofessional way of answering readers' questions by some authors. We think that this is caused mainly by the lack of criticism of the invexity communityComment: The paper was submitted to JOTA in December 2007 and practically accepted by the AE handling it in March 2008. Being a critical paper, the EiC asked the authors of the criticised articles to say their opinion. With the change of the EiC's, apparently the paper was not transmitted to the new Ei