Fritz John Duality in the Presence of Equality and Inequality Constraints

Iqbal Husain, Santosh K. Shrivastav

Department of Mathematics, Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna, India.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.39151                

Abstract

A dual for a nonlinear programming problem in the presence of equality and inequality constraints which represent many realistic situation, is formulated which uses Fritz John optimality conditions instead of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions and does not require a constraint qualification. Various duality results, namely, weak, strong, strict-converse and converse duality theorems are established under suitable generalized convexity. A generalized Fritz John type dual to the problem is also formulated and usual duality results are proved. In essence, the duality results do not require any regularity condition if the formulations of dual problems uses Fritz John optimality conditions.

Keywords

Second-Order Invexity; Second-Order Pseudoinvexity; Second-Order Quasi-Invexity; Nonlinear Programming; Fritz John Type Dual

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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