Minimizers of the limit of Mosco converging functions (Q2574890)

The author gives a characterization of minimizers of a function \(f\) defined on a Banach space \(E\) which is the limit of the Moscow converging sequence \(\{f_n\}\) of lower semicontinuous functions. It is shown that any minimizer of \(f\) is a cluster point of a sequence of ``almost'' minimizers of the functions \(f_n\). More exactly, it is shown that for any point \(x\in\text{arg\,min }f\), for any sequence \(\{u_n\} \subset E\) (with \(u_n\to 0\) and \(f_n(u_n+x)\to f(x))\) and for any convex weakly compact subset \(Q\subset E\) (with \(0\in Q)\) there exist sequences \(\{k_n\}\subset\mathbb{R}_+\) (with \(k_n\uparrow\infty)\) and \(\{x_n\}\subset E\) (with \(x_n\to 0\) and \(x_n\in k_nQ)\) such that \(x_n \in\frac{1}{k_n}-\text{arg\,min}_{k_nQ}f_n(\cdot+u_n+x)\) and \(f_n (x_n+u_n+x)\to f(x)\). The proof of the assertion bases on the known Ekeland variational theorem. As a consequence of this result the author can derive the necessity part of the Attouch theorem for convex functions on a reflexive Banach space which points out the graphical convergence of the associated subdifferentials \(\partial f_n\) to the subdifferential \(\partial f\). If \(E\) is not reflexive then the (strong) convergence of the subgradients can not be ensured. However for WCG (i.e., weakly compactly generated) spaces a kind of a weak convergence for the subdifferentials can be derived assuming uniformly boundedness of the functions on an open subset of \(E\).