Abstract

We investigate the epigraphical convergence of slopes of lower semicontinuous convex functions on Asplund spaces. This type of convergence of slopes is compared to the Painlevé-Kuratowski convergence of subdifferentials. Both convergences are shown to be equivalent under mild conditions of compactness type.

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Pedro Pérez-Aros

Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Centro de Modelamiento Matemático, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
and: CNRS UMI 2807, Santiago, Chile

pperez@dim.uchile.cl

Keywords

  • Convex function
  • slope
  • convergence of slopes
  • subdifferential
  • convergence of subdifferentials

Mathematics Subject Classification

49J52; 47J22, 58E30

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P. Pérez-Aros, L. Thibault, D. Zagrodny. “Convergence of Slopes in Asplund Spaces.” Journal of Convex Analysis 32 (2025), No. 3, 661–680. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca32033

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