Abstract

We give a characterization of all lower semicontinuous functionals on Lμ∞L^\infty_\mu which can be represented in the form μ\mu-sup{f(x,u):x∈A}\{ f(x, u): x \in A \}. We also show by a counterexample that the representation above may fail if the lower semicontinuity condition is dropped.

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Giuseppe Buttazzo

Dip. di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy

buttazzo@dm.unipi.it

Francesca Prinari

Dip. di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy

prinari@dm.unipi.it

Keywords

  • Performance function
  • multipliers
  • stability
  • convex like functions
  • measurable integrands
  • richness
  • integral functional
  • growth conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification

46E30, 28A20; 60B12

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Suggested citation

E. Acerbi, G. Buttazzo, F. Prinari. “The Class of Functionals which can be Represented by a Supremum.” Journal of Convex Analysis 9 (2002), No. 1, 225–236. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca09010

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