| Article ID: | iaor1993367 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 359 |
| End Page Number: | 366 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1991 |
| Journal: | Mathematical Programming (Series A) |
| Authors: | Ferris Michael C. |
This paper concerns the notion of a sharp minimum on a set and its relationship to the proximal point algorithm. It gives several equivalent definitions of the property and uses the notion to prove finite termination of the primxal point algorithm.