What is the subdifferential of the closed convex hull of a function?

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1661-1679

  Benoist, J ^a   Hiriart Urruty, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic function; Convex hull; Subdifferential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030507288     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141094265936     Document Type: Article

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