The local equicontinuity of a maximal monotone operator (Q288329)

Let \(X\) be a real Banach space and let \(X^*\) denote its dual. It is known [\textit{R. T. Rockafellar}, Mich. Math. J. 16, 397--407 (1969; Zbl 0175.45002)] that, if \(T \subset X \times X^*\) is a maximal monotone operator with domain \(D(T)\) and the interior of the convex hull of \(D(T)\) is not empty, then the interior of \(D(T)\) is nonempty and convex, and its closure coincides with the closure of \(D(T)\) itself. Moreover, \(T\) is locally equicontinuous (equivalently, locally bounded) at each point of the interior of \(D(T)\) and unbounded at each boundary point of \(D(T)\). Using the Fitzpatrick function and new, shorter arguments, the author of the present paper extends these results to all barrelled locally convex spaces.