A fresh look into variational analysis of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions

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author Hang, Nguyen T. V.
Sarabi, Ebrahim
author_facet Hang, Nguyen T. V.
Sarabi, Ebrahim
contents $\mathcal C^2$-partial smoothness of functions has been an important subject of research in optimization, on both theoretical and algorithmic aspects, since it was first introduced by Lewis in 2002. Our work aims at providing a fresh variational analysis viewpoint on the class of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions. Namely, we explore the relationship between $\mathcal C^2$-partial smoothness and strict twice epi-differentiability and demonstrate that functions from the latter class are always strictly twice epi-differentiable. On the other hand, we provide two examples to show that the opposite conclusion does not hold in general. As a consequence of our analysis, we calculate the second subderivative of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions. Applications to stability analysis of related generalized equations involving a general perturbation and to asymptotic analysis of the well-known sample average approximation method for stochastic programs with $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth regularizers are also given.
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spellingShingle A fresh look into variational analysis of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions
Hang, Nguyen T. V.
Sarabi, Ebrahim
Optimization and Control
49J52, 65K10, 90C15, 90C31
$\mathcal C^2$-partial smoothness of functions has been an important subject of research in optimization, on both theoretical and algorithmic aspects, since it was first introduced by Lewis in 2002. Our work aims at providing a fresh variational analysis viewpoint on the class of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions. Namely, we explore the relationship between $\mathcal C^2$-partial smoothness and strict twice epi-differentiability and demonstrate that functions from the latter class are always strictly twice epi-differentiable. On the other hand, we provide two examples to show that the opposite conclusion does not hold in general. As a consequence of our analysis, we calculate the second subderivative of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions. Applications to stability analysis of related generalized equations involving a general perturbation and to asymptotic analysis of the well-known sample average approximation method for stochastic programs with $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth regularizers are also given.
title A fresh look into variational analysis of $\mathcal C^2$-partly smooth functions
topic Optimization and Control
49J52, 65K10, 90C15, 90C31
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00655