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We derive a new representation formula for lower-semicontinuous convex functions on separable normed spaces. As a consequence of this formula, we obtain a C ∞-approximation method for convex functions which are not necessarily differentiable.
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Seeger, A. New Representation Formula for Convex Functions on Separable Normed Spaces. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 93, 639–643 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022655432459
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