Abstract
We show that suitable restatements of the classical Weierstrass extreme value theorem give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a global minimum and of both a global minimum and a global maximum. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 391-393 |
Journal | Optimization Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Existence of optimal solutions
- Global optima