Adaptive algorithms for scalar non-convex variational problems (Q1379037)

This is an interesting paper that discusses techniques for dealing with variational problems which seek to minimize energy functions with a non-convex integrand (energy density) \(W\). When the classical solution does not exist the paper prints out two alternatives: (1) replace \(W\) by a convex envelope \(W^{**}\); (2) enlarge the set of admissible functions. These methods are discussed and numerical examples are given.