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Main Authors: Maso, Gianni Dal, Donati, Davide
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12456
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author Maso, Gianni Dal
Donati, Davide
author_facet Maso, Gianni Dal
Donati, Davide
contents Given a bounded open set $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, we study sequences of quadratic functionals on the Sobolev space $H^1_0(Ω)$, perturbed by sequences of bounded linear functionals. We prove that their $Γ$-limits, in the weak topology of $H^1_0(Ω)$, can always be written as the sum of a quadratic functional, a linear functional, and a non-positive constant. The classical theory of $G$- and $H$-convergence completely characterises the quadratic and linear parts of the $Γ$-limit and shows that their coefficients do not depend on $Ω$. The constant, which instead depends on $Ω$ and will be denoted by $-ν(Ω)$, plays an important role in the study of the limit behaviour of the energies of the solutions. The main result of this paper is that, passing to a subsequence, we can prove that $ν$ coincides with a non-negative Radon measure on a sufficiently large collection of bounded open sets $Ω$. Moreover, we exhibit an example that shows that the previous result cannot be obtained for every bounded open set. The specific form of this example shows that the compactness theorem for the localisation method in $Γ$-convergence cannot be easily improved.
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spellingShingle Gamma-convergence of quadratic functionals perturbed by bounded linear functionals
Maso, Gianni Dal
Donati, Davide
Analysis of PDEs
35J20, 49J45
Given a bounded open set $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, we study sequences of quadratic functionals on the Sobolev space $H^1_0(Ω)$, perturbed by sequences of bounded linear functionals. We prove that their $Γ$-limits, in the weak topology of $H^1_0(Ω)$, can always be written as the sum of a quadratic functional, a linear functional, and a non-positive constant. The classical theory of $G$- and $H$-convergence completely characterises the quadratic and linear parts of the $Γ$-limit and shows that their coefficients do not depend on $Ω$. The constant, which instead depends on $Ω$ and will be denoted by $-ν(Ω)$, plays an important role in the study of the limit behaviour of the energies of the solutions. The main result of this paper is that, passing to a subsequence, we can prove that $ν$ coincides with a non-negative Radon measure on a sufficiently large collection of bounded open sets $Ω$. Moreover, we exhibit an example that shows that the previous result cannot be obtained for every bounded open set. The specific form of this example shows that the compactness theorem for the localisation method in $Γ$-convergence cannot be easily improved.
title Gamma-convergence of quadratic functionals perturbed by bounded linear functionals
topic Analysis of PDEs
35J20, 49J45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12456