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In nonlinear programming, sufficient conditions of orderm usually identify a special type of local minimizer, here termed a strict local minimizer of orderm. In this paper, it is demonstrated that, if a constraint qualification is satisfied, standard sufficient conditions often characterize this special sort of minimizer. The first- and second-order cases are treated in detail. Necessary conditions for weak sharp local minima of orderm, a larger class of local minima, are also presented.
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Communicated by O. L. Mangasarian
This paper was completed during a sabbatical leave at the University of Waterloo. The author is grateful for the help and support of the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. The helpful comments of the referees are also appreciated.
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Ward, D.E. Characterizations of strict local minima and necessary conditions for weak sharp minima. J Optim Theory Appl 80, 551–571 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207780
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207780