Inverse quasiconvexification

DOI10.1007/S00032-021-00328-9MaRDI QIDQ2044717zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pablo Pedregal

Publication date 10 August 2021

Published in Milan Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.09810

zbMATH Keywords

calculus of variationsgradient Young measuresinverse convexificationquasiconvex functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45)

Abstract: In the context of the Calculus of Variations for non-convex, vector variational problems, the natural process of going from a function $phi$ to its quasiconvexification $Qphi$ is quite involved, and, most of the time, an impossible task. We propose to look at the reverse process, what might be called inverse quasiconvexification: start from a function $ph{i}_0$, and find functions $phi$ for which $ph{i}_0=Qphi$. In addition to establishing a few general principles, we show several explicit examples motivated by their application to inverse problems in conductivity.

Review text

Let \(\phi\) denote a function associated with a non-convex vector variational problem and \(\phi_0 = Q\phi\) represent its quasi-convexification. The present work is concerned with the analysis of the reverse process: Given a quasi-convex function \(\phi_0\), find appropriate candidates \(\phi\) such that \(\phi_0 = Q\phi\). This reverse process is referred to as ``inverse quasi-convexification. The paper establishes principles that underlie inverse quasi-convexification and illustrates these principles based on several examples. The appendix provides some general references and expositions for non-specialists.

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