Crystals and polycrystals in \(\mathbb R^n\): lower semicontinuity and existence

DOI10.1007/s12220-007-9006-7zbMath1191.49011OpenAlexW1977757536MaRDI QIDQ941841

David G. Caraballo

Publication date: 2 September 2008

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-007-9006-7

zbMATH Keywords

partitionslower semicontinuityclusterspolycrystalsexistence theoremcompactness theoremimmiscible fluids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45)

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