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Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "The account is quite detailed and is written in a manner that will appeal to analysts and numerical practitioners alike...they contain everything from rigorous proofs to tables of numerical calculations.... one of the strong features of these books. . . [is] that they are designed not for the expert, but for those who wish to learn the subject matter starting from little or no background...there are numerous examples, and counter-examples, to back up the theory...To my knowledge, no other authors have given such a clear geometric account of convex analysis." "This innovative text is well written, copiously illustrated, and accessible to a wide audience"
Table of ContentsIX. Inner Construction of the Subdifferential.- X. Conjugacy in Convex Analysis.- XI. Approximate Subdifferentials of Convex Functions.- XII. Abstract Duality for Practitioners.- XIII. Methods of ?-Descent.- XIV. Dynamic Construction of Approximate Subdifferentials: Dual Form of Bundle Methods.- XV. Acceleration of the Cutting-Plane Algorithm: Primal Forms of Bundle Methods.- Bibliographical Comments.- References.
