Calculus of variations A
Code 096AA
Credits 6
Learning outcomes
The direct method in the calculus of variations. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the semicontinuity of variational integrals on Sobolev spaces of scalar functions. The case of vector-valued functions. Invariant integrals. Young measures and Gradient Young measures. Convexity, rank-obe convexity, quasiconvexity, policonvexity. Relaxation.