For a closed subset CC\ of a Hilbert space (H,)\left( H,\left\Vert \cdot \right\Vert \right) and for a sublinear functional ρ:HR+\rho:H\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}, which is equivalent to the norm \left\Vert \cdot \right\Vert, we give conditions guaranteeing existence and uniqueness of the nearest points to CC in the sense of the semidistance generated by % \rho. This permits us to construct a continuous retraction onto CC \ well defined in a neighbourhood\ UC\mathcal{U}\supset C. In particular, according to one of the conditions, U\mathcal{U}\ can be represented in terms of balance between the local strict convexity modulus of ρ\rho and the measure of nonconvexity of the set CC at each point.

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Vladimir V. Goncharov

CIMA-UE, Dep. de Matemática, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal

goncha@uevora.pt

Fátima F. Pereira

CIMA-UE, Dep. de Matemática, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal

fmfp@uevora.pt

V. V. Goncharov, F. F. Pereira. “Neighbourhood Retractions of Nonconvex Sets in a Hilbert Space via Sublinear Functionals.” Journal of Convex Analysis 18 (2011), No. 1, 1–36.