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Splitting Algorithms of Common Solutions Between Equilibrium and Inclusion Problems on Hadamard Manifolds

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An iterative splitting algorithm finds common solutions to equilibrium and inclusion problems on Hadamard manifolds with proven convergence.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops an iterative algorithm to identify points that simultaneously solve an equilibrium problem defined by a bifunction and an inclusion problem on a Hadamard manifold. The generated sequence is shown to converge to such a common solution under mild assumptions. Special cases of the algorithm are examined along with direct applications to minimization problems and minimax problems. A reader would care because the method unifies two distinct problem classes into one convergent procedure in non-Euclidean geometry.

Core claim

The authors introduce an iterative algorithm for finding a common solution from the set of an equilibrium point for a bifunction and the set of a singularity of an inclusion problem on an Hadamard manifold. The convergence of a sequence generated by the proposed algorithm is proved under mild assumptions. Moreover, the results are applied to solving minimization problems and minimax problems, and some particular cases of the problem are discussed by the proposed algorithm.

What carries the argument

A splitting iterative algorithm that alternates between equilibrium and inclusion steps on the manifold to produce the common solution sequence.

If this is right

  • The algorithm produces a sequence that converges to the desired common solution set.
  • Particular cases of the combined equilibrium-inclusion problem are directly solvable by the same procedure.
  • Minimization problems reduce to the framework and inherit the convergence guarantee.
  • Minimax problems likewise reduce and are solved by the algorithm.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Implementation on concrete Hadamard manifolds such as hyperbolic space could reveal the practical speed of convergence.
  • The splitting structure may adapt to related variational inequalities or fixed-point problems in the same geometric setting.
  • Relaxing the mild assumptions or adding error tolerance could widen applicability to approximate data.

Load-bearing premise

The convergence proof depends on unspecified mild assumptions about the bifunction and the inclusion operator whose exact form, necessity, and verifiability are not provided.

What would settle it

A numerical run on the hyperbolic plane in which the generated sequence fails to approach any common solution while the bifunction and operator satisfy the mild assumptions used in the proof.

read the original abstract

The aim of this article is to introduce an iterative algorithm for finding a common solution from the set of an equilibrium point for a bifunction and the set of a singularity of an inclusion problem on an Hadamard manifold. We also discuss some particular cases of the problem by the proposed algorithm. The convergence of a sequence generated by the proposed algorithm is proved under mild assumptions. Moreover, we apply our results to solving minimization problems and minimax problems.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript introduces a splitting iterative algorithm to compute a common solution of an equilibrium problem (defined via a bifunction) and an inclusion problem (defined via a set-valued operator) on a Hadamard manifold. Convergence of the generated sequence is asserted under unspecified 'mild assumptions,' particular cases are discussed, and the results are applied to minimization and minimax problems.

Significance. If the assumptions turn out to be standard (e.g., pseudomonotonicity of the bifunction and maximal monotonicity of the operator) and the proof is correct, the work would extend Euclidean splitting methods to Hadamard manifolds, offering a tool for variational problems in non-Euclidean geometry.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central convergence claim is stated to hold 'under mild assumptions,' yet neither the abstract nor the main theorem isolates the precise hypotheses on the bifunction (monotonicity type, continuity, etc.) and on the set-valued operator (maximal monotonicity, resolvent properties, etc.). This is load-bearing because every subsequent step (Fejér monotonicity, Opial property on the manifold) is invoked only after these conditions; without an explicit list it is impossible to verify applicability to the claimed minimization and minimax examples.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and for highlighting the need for greater precision in stating the hypotheses. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central convergence claim is stated to hold 'under mild assumptions,' yet neither the abstract nor the main theorem isolates the precise hypotheses on the bifunction (monotonicity type, continuity, etc.) and on the set-valued operator (maximal monotonicity, resolvent properties, etc.). This is load-bearing because every subsequent step (Fejér monotonicity, Opial property on the manifold) is invoked only after these conditions; without an explicit list it is impossible to verify applicability to the claimed minimization and minimax examples.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract and the statement of the principal convergence theorem refer only to 'mild assumptions' without enumerating the required properties of the bifunction and the set-valued operator. In the revised manuscript we will explicitly list these hypotheses (pseudomonotonicity and continuity of the bifunction, maximal monotonicity of the operator together with the standard resolvent properties) both in the abstract and in the theorem statement itself, so that the subsequent arguments and the applicability to the minimization and minimax examples become immediately verifiable. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: standard convergence proof with no self-referential reductions

full rationale

The manuscript introduces a splitting iteration for the intersection of an equilibrium set (defined by a bifunction) and a singularity set (defined by an inclusion) on a Hadamard manifold, then states that convergence holds under unspecified mild assumptions and lists particular cases (minimization, minimax). No equation is shown to equal its own input by construction, no parameter is fitted on a subset and then relabeled a prediction, and no load-bearing premise is justified solely by a self-citation whose content reduces to the present claim. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained as an ordinary existence-plus-convergence argument; the vagueness of the assumptions affects verifiability but does not create a definitional loop.

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