A cheap way to closed operator sums

Abstract: Let $A$ and $B$ be sectorial operators in a Banach space $X$ of angles $ω_A$ and $ω_B$, respectively, where $ω_A+ω_B<π$. We present a simple and common approach to results on closedness of the operator sum $A+B$, based on Littlewood-Paley type norms and tools from several interpolation theories. This allows us to give short proofs for the well-known results due to Da~Prato-Grisvard and Kalton-Weis. We prove a new result in $\ell^q$-interpolation spaces and illustrate it with a maximal regularity result for abstract parabolic equations. Our approach also yields a new proof for the Dore-Venni result.