TY - JOUR ID - 886 TI - Maximal elements of sub-topical functions with applications to global optimization JO - Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society JA - BIMS LA - en SN - 1017-060X AU - Doagooei, A‎. ‎R‎. ‎ AD - Department of Applied Mathematics‎, ‎Shahid Bahonar University‎ ‎of Kerman‎, ‎Kerman‎, ‎Iran. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 42 IS - Issue 7 (Special Issue) SP - 31 EP - 41 KW - Global optimization‎ KW - ‎abstract convexity‎ KW - ‎sub-topical functions‎ KW - ‎Toland-Singer formula‎ KW - ‎support set‎ KW - ‎subdifferential‎ DO - N2 - We study the support sets of sub-topical functions‎ ‎and investigate their maximal elements in order to establish a necessary and sufficient condition‎ ‎for the global minimum of the difference of two sub-topical functions‎. UR - http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_886.html L1 - http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_886_4fe91887a3d2b52c52e5616a296a4306.pdf ER -