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

\(\Gamma\)-convergence; Ginzburg-Landau energy; Allen-Cahn energy; existence of critical points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49Q20: Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting

49J35: Existence of solutions for minimax problems

49J45: Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation