Explicit relaxation of a variational problem in optimal design

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15158-3zbMath0527.49002OpenAlexW2026253290MaRDI QIDQ3308629

Robert V. Kohn, Gilbert Strang

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0273-0979-1983-15158-3

zbMATH Keywords

relaxationquasiconvex functionoptimal design

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P99) Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25)

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