Critical points of nonconvex and noncoercive functionals
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Critical points of nonconvex and noncoercive functionals
zbMATH Open document ID: 1030.49018
published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
publication date: 2003-05-04T00:00:00Z
review text: In the paper one-dimensional variational integrals of the form \[ E(u)= \int^1_0 [W(u')+ G(u)] dx \] are considered, where \(W\) and \(G\) are smooth functions which do not satisfy the usual conditions of coercivity and convexity necessary to apply the direct methods of the calculus of variations. In fact, \(W\) is assumed to be a double well potential and \(G\) is not bounded from below. The elliptic \(\varepsilon\)-regularization \[ E_\varepsilon(u)= \int^1_0 \Biggl[{\varepsilon\over 2} |u''|^2+ W(u')+ G(u)\Biggr] dx \] is considered, as well as the larger family of functionals \[ E_\varepsilon(\lambda, u)= \int^1_0 \Biggl[{\varepsilon\over 2}|u''|^2+ W(\lambda+ u')+ G(u)\Biggr] dx, \] where the parameter \(\lambda\) varies in \(\mathbb{R}\). The existence of minimizers and of critical points of the functional \(E\) is studied through the analysis of the critical points \(u_\varepsilon\) of \(E_\varepsilon\). This issue is in turn studied through a global continuation property of the critical points of \(E_\varepsilon(\lambda, u)\) bifurcating from the trivial solution line \(\{\lambda, 0\}\) at some \(\lambda\neq 0\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58E05
zbMATH DE Number: 1903864
zbMATH Keywords: nonconvex integrals
zbMATH Keywords: noncoercive functionals
zbMATH Keywords: critical points
author: Hansjörg Kielhöfer
reviewed by: Giuseppe Buttazzo
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: s005260100149
OpenAlex ID: W4242194179
DOI: 10.1007/S005260100149
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