We present a complete answer to Simons’ question about strong maximal monotonicity of subdifferentials of convex functions.

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Dinh The Luc

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Dinh The Luc. “A Resolution of Simons' Maximal Monotonicity Problem.” Journal of Convex Analysis 3 (1996), No. 2, 367–370. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca03025