Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 326 3 1 e Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
The small-parameter limit depends on data compatibility with the regularizer domain. SetFor every such , optimality givesTaking the upper limit as and then the infimum over proves . Its two nonnegative contributions above must vanish, yielding the general resultIn particular, the requested zero-misfit limit holds when . A sufficient condition is an exact solution with and ; thenMembership of in alone is insufficient. Take , , , and the indicator functional of a constraint set . All positive-parameter objectives are proper extended-real functions with coercivity and sequential lower semicontinuity, with the unique minimizer , yet for every . Thus the first printed limit needs compatibility with the regulariser's effective domain; the second limit remains true under the given assumptions.