On sums and convex combinations of projectors onto convex sets (Q1740660)

In this paper, the authors completely characterize the cases where the projector onto the Minkowski sum of closed convex sets is equal to the sum of individual projectors, which is not true in general. The case of linear subspaces was known, whereas this question was solved by \textit{E. H. Zarantonello} for convex cones in [in: Contrib. Nonlin. Funct. Anal., Proc. Sympos. Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, 237--424 (1971; Zbl 0281.47043)]. Therefore, these new results unify the known cases and completely solve the problem for arbitrary closed convex sets. The authors also establish the partial sum property for projectors onto convex cones.