Abstract

We show that classical conditions of Legendre and Weierstrass characterize lower semicontinuity of the correspondent integral functional in appropriate classes of functions. A strengthened version of these conditions characterize the property of the functional of convergence in energy.

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Mikhail A. Sychev

Sobolev Institute for Mathematics, Koptuyg Avenue 4, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

masychev@math.nsc.ru

N. N. Sycheva

Dept. of Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Keywords

  • Integral functionals
  • Legendre condition
  • Weierstrass condition
  • convexity at a point
  • strict convexity at a point
  • lower semicontinuity
  • convergence in energy
  • Young measures

Suggested citation

M. A. Sychev, N. N. Sycheva. “On Legendre and Weierstrass Conditions in One-Dimensional Variational Problems.” Journal of Convex Analysis 24 (2017), No. 1, 123–133.

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