The Hahn-Banach theorem and the separation of a vector space convex parts

The main objective of this article is to present the separation theorems, important consequences of the Hahn-Theorem theorem. These results are the fundamentals of the convex optimization mathematical approach. Along this work begin to consider vector spaces, in general, then normed spaces and poste...

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Main Author: Ferreira, Manuel Alberto M. (author)
Other Authors: Andrade, M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/8503
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/9823
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Summary:The main objective of this article is to present the separation theorems, important consequences of the Hahn-Theorem theorem. These results are the fundamentals of the convex optimization mathematical approach. Along this work begin to consider vector spaces, in general, then normed spaces and posteriorly Hilbert spaces. It ends with the presentation of applications of these results in convex programming and in minimax theorem, two important tools in operations research, management and economics, for instance.