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01/25/06 Colloquium
Dr. Marian Bocea
University of Utah
University of Utah
Variational principles in L-infinity under general PDE constraints
Abstract: Due to its great flexibility in applications, De Giorgi's notion of Gamma-convergence has played a fundamental role in our ability to successfully address important analytical questions emerging in many areas of science.Gamma-convergence results for a general class of power-law functionals are obtained, leading to new variational principles which are relevant to the study of several problems in Materials Science. A number of highly nonlinear and highly degenerate partial differential equations arise naturally in our analysis.
