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Necessary conditions are given for a real-valued function to have a minimum, subject to a generalized inequality constraint. Under the appropriate hypotheses, the problem is demonstrated to be a special case of the type of problem to which Guignard's Kuhn-Tucker theorem can be applied.
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Communicated by L. D. Berkovitz
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Nieuwenhuis, J.W. Another application of Guignard's generalized Kuhn-Tucker conditions. J Optim Theory Appl 30, 117–125 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00934593
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