Gamma-Convergence for Beginners

Zusatztext The presentation is overall quite clear, and the style is often captivating. Many figures, examples and exercises complete the monograph. Finally, it is worth adding a mention on the bibiography, which is at present a truly complete account of papers in this area. Informationen zum Autor Prof. Andrea BraidesAddressVia Balilla 22, 00185 Roma, ITALYTel([phone] (home) ([phone] (office)Fax(+39)[e-mail], Udine (Italy), April 12,1961 Klappentext This is a handbook of Gamma-convergence, which is a theoretical tool used to study problems in Applied Mathematics where varying parameters are present, with many applications that range from Mechanics to Computer Vision. The book is directed to Applied Mathematicians in all fields and to Engineers with a theoretical background. Zusammenfassung This is a handbook of Gamma-convergence, which is a theoretical tool used to study problems in Applied Mathematics where varying parameters are present, with many applications that range from Mechanics to Computer Vision. The book is directed to Applied Mathematicians in all fields and to Engineers with a theoretical background. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: Gamma-convergence by numbers 2: Integral problems 3: Some homogenization problems 4: From discrete systems to integral functionals 5: Segmentation problems 6: Phase-transition problems 7: Free-discontinuity problems 8: Approximation of free-discontinuity problems 9: More homogenization problems 10: Interaction between elliptic problems and partition problems 11: Discrete systems and free-discontinuity problems 12: *Some comments on vectorial problems 13: *Dirichlet problems in perforated domains 14: *Dimension-reduction problems 15: *The 'slicing' method 16: *An introduction to the localization method of Gamma-convergence Appendices B: Characterization of Gamma-convergence for 1D(italic 'D') integral problems List of symbols References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Braides, Andrea ( Braides, Andrea (Department of Mathematics Braides, Braides Andrea
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780198507840
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850784-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications; Oxford Lecture Series in Mathe; Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications; Oxford Lecture Mathematics and
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Functional Analysis, Computer Vision, Physics, Applied mathematics, Calculus of variations