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تسجيل مستخدم جديدMinimization of entropy functionals
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Entropy functionals (i.e. convex integral functionals) and extensions of these functionals are minimized on convex sets. This paper is aimed at reducing as much as possible the assumptions on the constraint set. Dual equalities and characterizations of the minimizers are obtained with weak constraint qualifications.
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