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Fractional programming without differentiability

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The notion of quasi-differentiability is examined and related to fractional programming. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given and various other properties of quasi-differentiable functions are discussed. Differentiability is not assumed.

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  1. Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada

    J. M. Borwein

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This research was partially supported by N.R.C. Grants A7751 and A7675.

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Borwein, J.M. Fractional programming without differentiability. Mathematical Programming 11, 283–290 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580396

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