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Author Braides, Andrea, author

Title Gamma-convergence for beginners / Andrea Braides
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford lecture series in mathematics and its applications ; 22
Oxford lecture series in mathematics and its applications ; 22.
Contents 1. [Gamma]-convergence by numbers -- 2. Integral problems -- 3. Some homogenization problems -- 4. From discrete systems to integral functionals -- 5. Segmentation problems -- 6. Phase-transition problems -- 7. Free-discontinuity problems -- 8. Approximation of free-discontinuity problems -- 9. More homogenization problems -- 10. Interaction between elliptic problems and partition problems -- 11. Discrete systems and free-discontinuity problems -- 12. Some comments on vectorial problems -- 13. Dirichlet problems in perforated domains -- 14. Dimension-reduction problems -- 15. The 'slicing' method -- 16. An introduction to the localization method of [Gamma]-convergence -- App. B. Characterization of [Gamma]-convergence for 1D integral problems
Summary This is a handbook of Gamma-convergence, which is a theoretical tool to study problems in applied mathematics where varying parameters are present, with many applications that range from mechanics to computer vision
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Calculus of variations.
Convergence.
MATHEMATICS -- Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Mathematical Analysis.
Calculus of variations.
Convergence.
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780191523199
0191523194
9780191709890
0191709891