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Fifty years of maximal monotonicity

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Maximal monotone operator theory is about to turn (or just has turned) 50. I intend to briefly survey the history of the subject. I shall try to explain why maximal monotone operators are both interesting and important—culminating with a description of the remarkable progress made during the past decade.

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Borwein, J.M. Fifty years of maximal monotonicity. Optim Lett 4, 473–490 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-010-0178-x

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