“…Suppose that the current iterate (x, s) is known and is in the τ -neighborhood of the corresponding μ-center, i.e., Ψ(v) ≤ τ . Next, the value of μ is reduced by the factor 1 − θ with 0 < θ < 1, which changes the value of v according to (8) and defines a new μ-center (x(μ), s(μ)). This will likely cause the increase of the value of the barrier function above the threshold value of τ , i.e., Ψ(v) ≥ τ .…”