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Abstract
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MSC: 47H05; 47H10; 47J25
1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries
2.1. Operators and Monotonicity
- If A is α-strongly monotone, then is -Lipschitz continuous.
- If A is α-inverse strongly monotone, then the Yosida approximation is -Lipschitz continuous.
2.2. Maximal Monotone Operators and Convex Functions
- A is monotone.
- If B is another monotone operator such that the graph of A (i.e., the set of all pairs ) is contained in the graph of B, then .
3. Main Result
3.1. Algorithm 1
3.2. Algorithm 2
- ,
- ,
- .
3.3. Convergence Analysis
3.4. Maximal Monotone Operators and Minimization Problem
- is a continuously differentiable function with a Lipschitz continuous gradient, i.e., is 1-Lipschitz,
- G and H are convex, closed, and proper functions.
3.5. Example
3.5.1. Application of the Algorithm 2
Iteration steps
4. Conclusion
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