Penalty function method is a classical method for solving constrained optimization problems. Its basic idea is to transform constrained optimization problem into constrained optimization problem for solving. In this article, we propose a new class of smoothing exact pen...MORE Penalty function method is a classical method for solving constrained optimization problems. Its basic idea is to transform constrained optimization problem into constrained optimization problem for solving. In this article, we propose a new class of smoothing exact penalty function methods and prove their global converg...