Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands

We prove lower semicontinuity in L1Ω for a class of functionals G:BVΩ⟶ℝ of the form Gu=∫Ωgx,∇udx+∫ΩψxdDsu where g:Ω×ℝN⟶ℝ, Ω⊂ℝN is open and bounded, g·,p∈L1Ω for each p, satisfies the linear growth condition limp⟶∞gx,p/p=ψx∈CΩ∩L∞Ω, and is convex in p depending only on p for a.e. x. Here, we recall fo...

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Main Author: T. Wunderli
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Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6709303
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description We prove lower semicontinuity in L1Ω for a class of functionals G:BVΩ⟶ℝ of the form Gu=∫Ωgx,∇udx+∫ΩψxdDsu where g:Ω×ℝN⟶ℝ, Ω⊂ℝN is open and bounded, g·,p∈L1Ω for each p, satisfies the linear growth condition limp⟶∞gx,p/p=ψx∈CΩ∩L∞Ω, and is convex in p depending only on p for a.e. x. Here, we recall for u∈BVΩ; the gradient measure Du=∇u dx+dDsux is decomposed into mutually singular measures ∇u dx and dDsux. As an example, we use this to prove that ∫Ωψxα2x+∇u2 dx+∫ΩψxdDsu is lower semicontinuous in L1Ω for any bounded continuous ψ and any α∈L1Ω. Under minor addtional assumptions on g, we then have the existence of minimizers of functionals to variational problems of the form Gu+u−u0L1 for the given u0∈L1Ω, due to the compactness of BVΩ in L1Ω.
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spelling doaj-art-6cecec2ee6f942caaa9b0e099ea954882025-02-03T01:02:37ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1687-04092021-01-01202110.1155/2021/6709303Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory IntegrandsT. Wunderli0The American University of SharjahWe prove lower semicontinuity in L1Ω for a class of functionals G:BVΩ⟶ℝ of the form Gu=∫Ωgx,∇udx+∫ΩψxdDsu where g:Ω×ℝN⟶ℝ, Ω⊂ℝN is open and bounded, g·,p∈L1Ω for each p, satisfies the linear growth condition limp⟶∞gx,p/p=ψx∈CΩ∩L∞Ω, and is convex in p depending only on p for a.e. x. Here, we recall for u∈BVΩ; the gradient measure Du=∇u dx+dDsux is decomposed into mutually singular measures ∇u dx and dDsux. As an example, we use this to prove that ∫Ωψxα2x+∇u2 dx+∫ΩψxdDsu is lower semicontinuous in L1Ω for any bounded continuous ψ and any α∈L1Ω. Under minor addtional assumptions on g, we then have the existence of minimizers of functionals to variational problems of the form Gu+u−u0L1 for the given u0∈L1Ω, due to the compactness of BVΩ in L1Ω.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6709303
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Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
Abstract and Applied Analysis
title Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
title_full Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
title_fullStr Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
title_full_unstemmed Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
title_short Lower Semicontinuity in L1 of a Class of Functionals Defined on BV with Carathéodory Integrands
title_sort lower semicontinuity in l1 of a class of functionals defined on bv with caratheodory integrands
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6709303
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