Lipschitz stability of least-squares problems regularized by functions with $\mathcal{C}^2$-cone reducible conjugates

Abstract

In this paper, we study Lipschitz continuity of the solution mappings of regularized least-squares problems for which the convex regularizers have (Fenchel) conjugates that are $\mathcal{C}^2$-cone reducible. Our approach, by using Robinson's strong regularity on the dual problem, allows us to obtain new characterizations of Lipschitz stability that rely solely on first-order information, thus bypassing the need to explore second-order information (curvature) of the regularizer. We show that these solution mappings are automatically Lipschitz continuous around the points in question whenever they are locally single-valued. We leverage our findings to obtain new characterizations of full stability and tilt stability for a broader class of convex additive-composite problems.