Many real-world problems can be modeled by generalized equations. The solution of the latter can be a challenging task, and typically requires the use of some efficient numerical procedures, whose convergence analysis often relies on stability properties of a solution in question, and on a suitable over-estimate for the distance of a given point to the solution set of the problem, called error bound. With this thesis, we aim at a unified approach to first- and second-order conditions for stability properties and error bounds for generalized equations. To this end, we study existing and develop new concepts for generalized first-order derivatives of set-valued mappings, and use them to formulate criteria for Lipschitzian stability properties and Lipschitzian error bound conditions. These criteria can all be regarded as the property that a suitable generalized least singular value of a generalized derivative is nonzero. By considering generalized least singular values as an extended real-valued function that depends on arguments of an underlying mapping, we will be able to obtain second-order conditions arising from generalized derivatives of this function to guarantee non-Lipschitzian stability properties and non-Lipschitzian error bound conditions. This allows us to extend the territory covered by some seminal monographs dealing with stability properties and error bounds for generalized equations under first-order conditions. Furthermore, we discuss some specializations of our findings, and work out relations to existing results. Finally, we also investigate correlations between stability properties and error bounds with respect to different problem-formulations of one and the same generalized equation.

Submitted by JÚLIO HEBER SILVA (julioheber@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-22T20:23:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Gilson do Nascimento Silva - 2017.pdf: 2015008 bytes, checksum: e0148664ca46221978f71731aeabfa36 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-03-23T11:30:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Gilson do Nascimento Silva - 2017.pdf: 2015008 bytes, checksum: e0148664ca46221978f71731aeabfa36 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-23T11:30:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Gilson do Nascimento Silva - 2017.pdf: 2015008 bytes, checksum: e0148664ca46221978f71731aeabfa36 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / We consider Newton’s method for solving a generalized equation of the form f(x) + F(x) 3 0, where f : Ω → Y is continuously differentiable, X and Y are Banach spaces, Ω ⊆ X is open and F : X ⇒ Y has nonempty closed graph. Assuming strong regularity of the equation and that the starting point satisfies Kantorovich’s conditions, we show that the method is quadratically convergent to a solution, which is unique in a suitable neighborhood of the starting point. In addition, a local convergence analysis of this method is presented. Moreover, using convex optimization techniques introduced by S. M. Robinson (Numer. Math., Vol. 19, 1972, pp. 341-347), we prove a robust convergence theorem for inexact Newton’s method for solving nonlinear inclusion problems in Banach space, i.e., when F(x) = −C and C is a closed convex set. Our analysis, which is based on Kantorovich’s majorant technique, enables us to obtain convergence results under Lipschitz, Smale’s and Nesterov-Nemirovskii’s self-concordant conditions. / N´os consideraremos o m´etodo de Newton para resolver uma equa¸c˜ao generalizada da forma f(x) + F(x) 3 0, onde f : Ω → Y ´e continuamente diferenci´avel, X e Y s˜ao espa¸cos de Banach, Ω ⊆ X ´e aberto e F : X ⇒ Y tem gr´afico fechado n˜ao-vazio. Supondo regularidade forte da equa¸c˜ao e que o ponto inicial satisfaz as hip´oteses de Kantorovich, mostraremos que o m´etodo ´e quadraticamente convergente para uma solu¸c˜ao, a qual ´e ´unica em uma vizinhan¸ca do ponto inicial. Uma an´alise de convergˆencia local deste m´etodo tamb´em ´e apresentada. Al´em disso, usando t´ecnicas de otimiza¸c˜ao convexa introduzida por S. M. Robinson (Numer. Math., Vol. 19, 1972, pp. 341-347), provaremos um robusto teorema de convergˆencia para o m´etodo de Newton inexato para resolver problemas de inclus˜ao n˜ao–linear em espa¸cos de Banach, i.e., quando F(x) = −C e C ´e um conjunto convexo fechado. Nossa an´alise, a qual ´e baseada na t´ecnica majorante de Kantorovich, nos permite obter resultados de convergˆencia sob as condi¸c˜oes Lipschitz, Smale e Nesterov-Nemirovskii auto-concordante.