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Equivalents of Ekeland's principle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

W. Oettli
Affiliation:
Universität Mannheim Lehrstuhl für Mathematik, VII Schloss 68131 Mannheim, Germany
M. Théra
Affiliation:
URA 1586, Université de Limoges, Département de Mathématiques 123 Avenue A. Thomas 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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In this note we present a new result which is equivalent to the celebrated Ekeland's variational principle, and a set of implications which includes a new non-convex minimisation principle due to Takahashi.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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