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New Functionals in Calculus of Variations

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Nonsmooth Optimization and Related Topics

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Recent studies on energy functionals corresponding to mixtures of different fluids some of which may be liquid crystals lead to investigate functionals of the type (see [4, 5, 7, 8, 15, 22, 23, 24])

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    E. De Giorgi & L. Ambrosio

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  1. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ.A, H3C 3J7, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    F. H. Clarke

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Leningrad State University, Staryi Peterhof, 198904, Leningrad, USSR

    V. F. Dem’yanov

  3. Dipartimento di Mathematica, Universitá di Pisa, Via F. Buonarroti 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    F. Giannessi

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De Giorgi, E., Ambrosio, L. (1989). New Functionals in Calculus of Variations. In: Clarke, F.H., Dem’yanov, V.F., Giannessi, F. (eds) Nonsmooth Optimization and Related Topics. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 43. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6019-4_4

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