Closedness type regularity conditions for surjectivity results involving the sum of two maximal monotone operators

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Abstract: In this note we provide regularity conditions of closedness type which guarantee some surjectivity results concerning the sum of two maximal monotone operators by using representative functions. The first regularity condition we give guarantees the surjectivity of the monotone operator S(cdot+p)+T(cdot), where pinX and S and T are maximal monotone operators on the reflexive Banach space X. Then, this is used to obtain sufficient conditions for the surjectivity of S+T and for the situation when 0 belongs to the range of S+T. Several special cases are discussed, some of them delivering interesting byproducts.


Let \(S,T\) be maximal monotone operators defined on a reflexive Banach space \(X\) and \(p\in X\). By using representative functions, the authors provide conditions characterizing the fact that the monotone operator \(S(\cdot+p)+T(\cdot)\) is surjective. Sufficient conditions for the surjectivity of \(S+T\) are deduced, as well as for the nonemptiness of the solutions of the inclusion \(0\in R(S+T)\). Some special cases are discussed, rediscovering results from the literature.











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