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On the graph convergence of subdifferentials of convex functions

Author(s): C. Combari; L. Thibault
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 2231-2240.
MSC (1991): Primary 49J52, 58C20, 90C25
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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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Additional Information:

C. Combari
Affiliation: Université Montpellier II, Laboratoire d'Analyse Convexe, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France

L. Thibault
Affiliation: Université Montpellier II, Laboratoire d'Analyse Convexe, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
Email: thibault@math.univ-montp2.fr

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04724-8
PII: S 0002-9939(98)04724-8
Keywords: Epilimit inferior, epilimit superior, Mosco-convergence, slice convergence, Painlev\'e-Kuratowski convergence
Received by editor(s): January 5, 1996
Communicated by: Dale Alspach
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society




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