The relationships between the generalized directional derivative of the distance function and the existence of nearest points as well as some geometry properties in Banach spaces are studied. It is proved in the present paper that the condition that for each closed subset G of X and x ∈ X \ G, the Clarke, Michel-Penot, Dini or modified Dini directional derivative of the distance function is 1 o...

It is proved that the class of operator equations F(y) = f solvable by a DSM (dynamical systems method) Newton-type method, u̇ = −[F (u) + a(t)I]−1[Fu(t) + a(t)u − f ], u(0) = u0, (∗) is large. Here F : X → X is a continuously Fréchet differentiable operator in a Banach space X , a(t) : [0, ∞) → C is a function, limt→∞ |a(t)| = 0, and there exists a y ∈ X such that F(y) = f . Under weak assumpti...

A new characterization of bivariate copulas is given by using the notion of Dini derivatives. Several examples illustrate the usefulness of this result.

In this paper, we show that higher-order optimality conditions can be obtain for arbitrary nonsmooth function. We introduce a new higher-order directional derivative and higher-order subdifferential of Hadamard type of a given proper extended real function. This derivative is consistent with the classical higher-order Fréchet directional derivative in the sense that both derivatives of the same...

In this paper, a time fractional diffusion equation on a finite domain is con- sidered. The time fractional diffusion equation is obtained from the standard diffusion equation by replacing the first order time derivative by a fractional derivative of order 0 < a< 1 (in the Riemann-Liovill or Caputo sence). In equation that we consider the time fractional derivative is in...