An integral representation theorem for lower semicontinuous envelopes of integral functionals

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In the calculus of variations, the integral functional \[ F(u;\Omega)= \int_\Omega f(x,u(x),Du(x)) dx \] can often be replaced by the relaxed functional \[ \widehat F(u;\Omega)= \int_\Omega\widehat f(x,u(x),Du(x)) dx, \] where \(\widehat f(x,s,\dots)\) is the quasiconvex envelope of \(f(x,s,\dots)\), i.e., the greatest quasiconvex function less than or equal to \(f(x,s,\dots)\). The main result of the paper generalizes a theorem of Acerbi and Fusco which gives conditions for \(f(x,s,\dots)\) such that \(\widehat F\) is the sequentially weakly lower semicontinuous envelope of \(F\).











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