Abstract
We show that every method of nonlinear optimization satisfying the conditions that every iterated point x k-1belongs to the same component of the level set of the objective function as x k-1and that every accumulation point is a stationary point converges to a strong local minimal point if it starts in a neighbourhood of it. These conditions are satisfied by a modified version of the P1-algorithm of Zoutendijk.
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