Colloque des sciences mathématiques du Québec

26 novembre 2010 de 16 h 00 à 18 h 00 (heure de Montréal/HNE) Sur place

Semi-algebraic optimization theory

Concrete optimization problems, while often nonsmooth, are not pathologically so. The class of "semi-algebraic" sets and functions - those arising from polynomial inequalities - nicely exemplifies nonsmoothness in practice. Semi-algebraic sets (and their generalizations) are common, easy to recognize, and richly structured, supporting powerful variational properties. In particular I will discuss a generic property of such sets - partial smoothness - and its relationship with a proximal algorithm for nonsmooth composite minimization, a versatile model for practical optimization.

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UdeM, Pav. André-Aisenstadt, 2920, ch. de la Tour, salle 6214