On the graph convergence of subdifferentials of convex functions

Combari, C.; Thibault, L.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04724-8

On the graph convergence of subdifferentials of convex functions
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Abstract:

This paper provides another proof of the Attouch Theorem relating the epigraphical limit of sequences of convex functions to the set limit of the graphs of the subdifferentials.

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