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