Determination of convex functions via subgradients of minimal norm (Q2235158)

The paper shows that when the norm of the minimal subgradients of two convex proper lower semicontinuous functions bounded from below and defined on a Hilbert space coincide, then these functions coincide up to a constant. Under additional boundary conditions, the same result is achieved for continuous functions defined on open convex domains. Consequently, a positive answer to the conjecture posed in [\textit{T.Z. Boulmezaoud} et al., SIAM J. Optim. 28, No. 3, 2049--2066 (2018; Zbl 1404.26016)] is provided.