Recently, C. Zalinescu ["A new convexity property for monotone operators", Journal of Convex Analysis 13 (2006) 883–887] posed a question about the characterization of the intrinsic core of the Minkowski sum of two graphs associated with two maximal monotone operators. In this note we give an affirmative answer.

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Liangjin Yao

Dept. of Mathematics, Irving K. Barber School, University of British Columbia, Okanagan - Kelowna BC, Canada V1V 1V7

ljinyao@interchange.ubc.ca
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