Γ-Convergence of Inhomogeneous Functionals in Orlicz–Sobolev Spaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Bocea ◽  
Mihai Mihăilescu
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Sobolev Spaces ◽  
Variable Exponent ◽  
Γ Convergence

AbstractThe asymptotic behaviour of inhomogeneous power-law type functionals is undertaken via De Giorgi’s Γ-convergence. Our results generalize recent work dealing with the asymptotic behaviour of power-law functionals acting on fields belonging to variable exponent Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces to the Orlicz–Sobolev setting.

scholarly journals Nonlocal Variational Principles with Variable Growth

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Fu ◽  
Miaomiao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Sobolev Spaces ◽  
Lower Semicontinuity ◽  
Variable Exponent ◽  
Variational Principles ◽  
Young Measures ◽  
Bounded Set ◽  
Weak Lower Semicontinuity ◽  
Variable Exponent Sobolev Spaces ◽  
Regular Open

This paper is concerned with the functionalJdefined byJ(u)=∫Ω×ΩW(x,y,∇u(x),∇u(y))dx dy, whereΩ⊂ℝNis a regular open bounded set andWis a real-valued function with variable growth. After discussing the theory of Young measures in variable exponent Sobolev spaces, we study the weak lower semicontinuity and relaxation ofJ.

scholarly journals Asymptotic Behaviour of Extinction Probability of Interacting Branching Collision Processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anyue Chen ◽  
Junping Li ◽  
Yiqing Chen ◽  
Dingxuan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Simple Form ◽  
Extinction Probability ◽  
Positive Zero ◽  
Extinction Probabilities ◽  
Collision Processes

Although the exact expressions for the extinction probabilities of the Interacting Branching Collision Processes (IBCP) were very recently given by Chen et al. [4], some of these expressions are very complicated; hence, useful information regarding asymptotic behaviour, for example, is harder to obtain. Also, these exact expressions take very different forms for different cases and thus seem lacking in homogeneity. In this paper, we show that the asymptotic behaviour of these extremely complicated and tangled expressions for extinction probabilities of IBCP follows an elegant and homogenous power law which takes a very simple form. In fact, we are able to show that if the extinction is not certain then the extinction probabilities {an} follow an harmonious and simple asymptotic law of an ∼ kn-αρcn as n → ∞, where k and α are two constants, ρc is the unique positive zero of the C(s), and C(s) is the generating function of the infinitesimal collision rates. Moreover, the interesting and important quantity α takes a very simple and uniform form which could be interpreted as the ‘spectrum’, ranging from -∞ to +∞, of the interaction between the two components of branching and collision of the IBCP.

scholarly journals A multiplicity result for a nonlinear degenerate problem arising in the theory of electrorheological fluids

2006 ◽  
Vol 462 (2073) ◽  
pp. 2625-2641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihai Mihăilescu ◽  
Vicenţiu Rădulescu
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Sobolev Spaces ◽  
Variable Exponent ◽  
Electrorheological Fluids ◽  
Mountain Pass Lemma ◽  
Multiplicity Result ◽  
Smooth Bounded Domain ◽  
Degenerate Problem ◽  
Laplace Type ◽  
Nonlinear Degenerate

We study the boundary value problem in , u =0 on , where is a smooth bounded domain in and is a -Laplace type operator, with . We prove that if λ is large enough then there exist at least two non-negative weak solutions. Our approach relies on the variable exponent theory of generalized Lebesgue–Sobolev spaces, combined with adequate variational methods and a variant of the Mountain Pass lemma.

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