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Assertions 1),2),3) follow straightforwardly from the definition. Observe that 1.3.4 says that P​S​H​(X,ω)PSH(X,\omega) is a convex set which is stable under taking maximum and also under the operation (φ,ψ)↦log⁡[eφ+eψ](\varphi,\psi)\mapsto\log[e^{\varphi}+e^{\psi}]. These are all consequences of the corresponding local properties of psh functions. We nevertheless give a proof, in the spirit of this article. That (φ+ψ)/2∈P​S​H​(X,ω)(\varphi+\psi)/2\in PSH(X,\omega) follows by linearity. The latter assertion is a consequence of the following computation

d​dc​log⁡[eφ+eψ]=eφ​d​dc​φ+eψ​d​dc​ψeφ+eψ+eφ+ψ​d​(φ−ψ)∧dc​(φ−ψ)[eφ+eψ]2,dd^{c}\log[e^{\varphi}+e^{\psi}]=\frac{e^{\varphi}dd^{c}\varphi+e^{\psi}dd^{c}\psi}{e^{\varphi}+e^{\psi}}+\frac{e^{\varphi+\psi}d(\varphi-\psi)\wedge d^{c}(\varphi-\psi)}{[e^{\varphi}+e^{\psi}]^{2}},

using that d​f∧dc​f≥0df\wedge d^{c}f\geq 0. This computation makes sense if for instance φ,ψ\varphi,\psi are smooth. The general case follows then by regularizing φ,ψ\varphi,\psi (see Appendix). Finally observe that max⁡(φ,ψ)=limj−1​log⁡[ej​φ+ej​ψ]∈P​S​H​(X,ω)\max(\varphi,\psi)=\lim j^{-1}\log[e^{j\varphi}+e^{j\psi}]\in PSH(X,\omega). ∎

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