Gamma-convergence for Beginners

Gamma-convergence for Beginners
Title Gamma-convergence for Beginners PDF eBook
Author Andrea Braides
Publisher Clarendon Press
Pages 231
Release 2002
Genre Computers
ISBN 0198507844

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The point of the technique is to describe the asymptotic behavior of families of minimum problems. This textbook was developed from a lectures series for doctoral students in applied functional analysis to describe all the main features of the convergence to an audience primarily interested in applications but not intending to enter the specialty. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Gamma-Convergence for Beginners

Gamma-Convergence for Beginners
Title Gamma-Convergence for Beginners PDF eBook
Author Andrea Braides
Publisher Clarendon Press
Pages 230
Release 2002-07-25
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 0191523194

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The theory of Gamma-convergence is commonly recognized as an ideal and flexible tool for the description of the asymptotic behaviour of variational problems. Its applications range from the mathematical analysis of composites to the theory of phase transitions, from Image Processing to Fracture Mechanics. This text, written by an expert in the field, provides a brief and simple introduction to this subject, based on the treatment of a series of fundamental problems that illustrate the main features and techniques of Gamma-convergence and at the same time provide a stimulating starting point for further studies. The main part is set in a one-dimensional framework that highlights the main issues of Gamma-convergence without the burden of higher-dimensional technicalities. The text deals in sequence with increasingly complex problems, first treating integral functionals, then homogenisation, segmentation problems, phase transitions, free-discontinuity problems and their discrete and continuous approximation, making stimulating connections among those problems and with applications. The final part is devoted to an introduction to higher-dimensional problems, where more technical tools are usually needed, but the main techniques of Gamma-convergence illustrated in the previous section may be applied unchanged. The book and its structure originate from the author's experience in teaching courses on this subject to students at PhD level in all fields of Applied Analysis, and from the interaction with many specialists in Mechanics and Computer Vision, which have helped in making the text addressed also to a non-mathematical audience. The material of the book is almost self-contained, requiring only some basic notion of Measure Theory and Functional Analysis.

Local Minimization, Variational Evolution and Γ-Convergence

Local Minimization, Variational Evolution and Γ-Convergence
Title Local Minimization, Variational Evolution and Γ-Convergence PDF eBook
Author Andrea Braides
Publisher Springer
Pages 184
Release 2014-07-08
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 3319019821

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This book addresses new questions related to the asymptotic description of converging energies from the standpoint of local minimization and variational evolution. It explores the links between Gamma-limits, quasistatic evolution, gradient flows and stable points, raising new questions and proposing new techniques. These include the definition of effective energies that maintain the pattern of local minima, the introduction of notions of convergence of energies compatible with stable points, the computation of homogenized motions at critical time-scales through the definition of minimizing movement along a sequence of energies, the use of scaled energies to study long-term behavior or backward motion for variational evolutions. The notions explored in the book are linked to existing findings for gradient flows, energetic solutions and local minimizers, for which some generalizations are also proposed.

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Title Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations PDF eBook
Author Luigi Ambrosio
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 347
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 3642571867

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At the summer school in Pisa in September 1996, Luigi Ambrosio and Norman Dancer each gave a course on the geometric problem of evolution of a surface by mean curvature, and degree theory with applications to PDEs respectively. This self-contained presentation accessible to PhD students bridged the gap between standard courses and advanced research on these topics. The resulting book is divided accordingly into 2 parts, and neatly illustrates the 2-way interaction of problems and methods. Each of the courses is augmented and complemented by additional short chapters by other authors describing current research problems and results.

The General Theory of Homogenization

The General Theory of Homogenization
Title The General Theory of Homogenization PDF eBook
Author Luc Tartar
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 466
Release 2009-12-03
Genre Science
ISBN 3642051952

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Homogenization is not about periodicity, or Gamma-convergence, but about understanding which effective equations to use at macroscopic level, knowing which partial differential equations govern mesoscopic levels, without using probabilities (which destroy physical reality); instead, one uses various topologies of weak type, the G-convergence of Sergio Spagnolo, the H-convergence of François Murat and the author, and some responsible for the appearance of nonlocal effects, which many theories in continuum mechanics or physics guessed wrongly. For a better understanding of 20th century science, new mathematical tools must be introduced, like the author’s H-measures, variants by Patrick Gérard, and others yet to be discovered.

Homogenization of Multiple Integrals

Homogenization of Multiple Integrals
Title Homogenization of Multiple Integrals PDF eBook
Author Andrea Braides
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 322
Release 1998
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9780198502463

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An introduction to the mathematical theory of the homogenization of multiple integrals, this book describes the overall properties of such functionals with various applications ranging from cellular elastic materials to Riemannian metrics.

An Introduction to Γ-Convergence

An Introduction to Γ-Convergence
Title An Introduction to Γ-Convergence PDF eBook
Author Gianni Dal Maso
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 351
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 1461203279

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