Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Birbil, S.I. Author-Name-Last: Birbil Author-Name-First: Ilker Author-Name: Frenk, J.B.G. Author-Name-Last: Frenk Author-Name-First: Hans Author-Name: Still, G.J. Author-Name-Last: Still Title: An elementary proof of the Fritz-John and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions in nonlinear programming Abstract: In this note we give an elementary proof of the Fritz-John and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions for nonlinear finite dimensional programming problems with equality and/or inequality constraints.The proof avoids the implicit function theorem usually applied when dealing with equality constraints and uses a generalization of Farkas lemma and the Bolzano-Weierstrass property for compact sets. Creation-Date: 2005-11-07 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/7030/ei2005-43.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureir Number: EI 2005-43 Keywords: Fritz-John conditions, Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions, nonlinear programming Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:7030