TITLE: Prove Convex Hull of Minkowski sum
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: I want to prove that the following holds, where the $+$ means Minkowski sum:
$$
conv(A+B)=conv(A)+conv(B)
$$
Let the convex hull of $A+B$ be 
$$
conv(A+B)=\sum_{j,k}\lambda_j\mu_k(a_j+b_k)
$$
I don't know how to continue from here.

REPLY [28 votes]: $\newcommand{\co}{\operatorname{co}}$ As already noted we have $\co (A+B) \subset \co A +\co B$. Now let $v+w \in \co A + \co B$. Write $v = \sum_i \alpha_i a_i$ and $w = \sum_j \beta_j b_j$. First we have
$$
 v + b_j = \sum_i \alpha_i (a_i + b_j)
$$ so $v + b_j \in \co ( A +B)$. Now we have
$$
v+w = \sum_j \beta_j ( v+ b_j).
$$ So $v+w \in \co( \co (A+B)) = \co (A+B)$ and we are done.