Critical points via \(\Gamma \)-convergence: general theory and applications

DOI10.4171/JEMS/164zbMath1171.49011MaRDI QIDQ843182

Peter Sternberg, Robert Leon Jerrard

Publication date: 29 September 2009

Published in: Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/show_pdf.php?issn=1435-9855&vol=11&iss=4&rank=1

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceGinzburg-Landau energyAllen-Cahn energyexistence of critical points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45)

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