Formulas for subdifferentials of sums of convex functions

We discuss various formulas for the subdifierential of the sum of lower semicontinuous convex functions given in terms of certain topological closure operations on the sum of the subdifierentials of each function. We show how the accuracy of the formulas expressed by the closure operations can be improved when additional assumptions on the family of functions are available.

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