Unbounded Functionals in the Calculus of Variations : Representation, Relaxation, and Homogenization (Paperback)

Preface. Basic Notations and Recalls. Elements of Convex Analysis. Elements of Measure and Increasing Set Functions . Minimization Methods and Variational Convergences. Bv and Sobolev Spaces. Lower Semicontinuity and Minimization of Integral Functionals. Classical Results and Mathematical Models . Abstract Regularization and Jensen's Inequality. Unique Extension Results. Integral Representation for Unbounded Functionals. Relaxation of Unbounded Functionals. Cut-off Functions and Partitions of Unity. Homogenization of Unbounded Functionals. Homogenization of Unbounded Functionals with Special Constraints Set. Bibliography. Index.