In this paper, we consider the monotone inclusion problem consisting of the sum of a continuous monotone map and a point-to-set maximal monotone operator with a separable two-block structure and introduce a framework of block-decomposition prox-type algorithms for solving it which allows for each one of the single-block proximal subproblems to be solved in an approximate sense. Moreover, by sho...

This is a survey of recent results about bipotentials representing multivalued operators. The notion of bipotential is based on an extension of Fenchel’s inequality, with several interesting applications related to non associated constitutive laws in non smooth mechanics, such as Coulomb frictional contact or non-associated Drücker-Prager model in plasticity. Relations betweeen bipotentials and...

We analyze and characterize maximal monotonicity of linear relations (set-valued operators with linear graphs). An important tool in our study are Fitzpatrick functions. The results obtained partially extend work on linear and at most single-valued operators by Phelps and Simons and by Bauschke, Borwein and Wang. Furthermore, a description of skew linear relations in terms of the Fitzpatrick fa...

We analyze proximal methods based on entropy-like distances for the minimization of convex functions subject to nonnegativity constraints. We prove global convergence results for the methods with approximate minimization steps and an ergodic convergence result for the case of finding a zero of a maximal monotone operator. We also consider linearly constrained convex problems and establish a qua...

This paper deals with the design of state observers for a class of systems with set-valued right-handsides. Two main classes of set-valued mappings are considered: maximal monotone and time-invariant; or normal cones to possibly time-varying sets (not necessarily convex). Such controlled systems can be embedded in various kinds of differential inclusions with absolutely continuous and bounded v...

is not properly contained in the graph of any other monotone mapping. It is known that T is maximal iff R(I+rT ) = H for every r > 0, where R(I+rT ) = ∪ {z+rTz : z ∈ H,Tz ̸= ∅}. Monotone operators have proven to be a key class of objects in modern Optimization and Analysis; see, e.g., the books [1-7] and the references therein. Let us consider the zero point problem for a monotone operator T on ...

Monotone operators are of central importance in modern optimization and nonlinear analysis. Their study has been revolutionized lately, due to the systematic use of the Fitzpatrick function. Pioneered by Penot and Svaiter, a topic of recent interest has been the representation of maximal monotone operators by so-called autoconjugate functions. Two explicit constructions were proposed, the first...

In this paper, the maximal dissipative extensions of a symmetric singular 1D discrete Hamiltonian operator with maximal deficiency indices (2,2) (in limit-circle cases at ±∞) and acting in the Hilbert space ℓ_{Ω}²(Z;C²) (Z:={0,±1,±2,...}) are considered. We consider two classes dissipative operators with separated boundary conditions both at -∞ and ∞. For each of these cases we establish a self...

We study on a product Banach space the properties of a class of saddle functions called partially ball weakly inf-compact. For such a function we prove that the domain of the subdifferential is nonempty, that the operator naturally associated with the subdifferential is maximal monotone, and that the subdifferential of the function is integrable. For a function in a large subclass of that class...

We present several strong convergence results for the modified proximal point algorithm xn+1 = αnu + (1 − αn)Jβnxn + en (n = 0, 1, . . .; u, x0 ∈ H given, and Jβn = (I + βnA) −1, for a maximal monotone operator A) in a real Hilbert space, under new sets of conditions on αn ∈ (0, 1) and βn ∈ (0,∞). These conditions are weaker than those known to us and our results extend and improve some recent ...