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In this book we study problems related to the asymptotic behaviour of energies \(F_{\varepsilon }\) depending on a small parameter \(\varepsilon\) as this parameter tends to zero, facing some issues related to local minimization and variational evolution. For global minimization and quasistatic motion the Γ-limit F of \(F_{\varepsilon }\), if suitably defined, provides a description of the limit behaviour of minimum problems. If the picture of local minima is not maintained by the Γ-limit, the latter can be perturbed in a systematic way so as to have Γ-equivalent energies with the same pattern of local minima. For strict local minimizers of F we can deduce existence (and some times, multiplicity) of local minima for \(F_{\varepsilon }\). Conversely, some Γ-converging sequences can be shown to be have stable critical points that are maintained for F. Dynamical problems can be faced by introducing the notion of minimizing movement along \(F_{\varepsilon }\), depending on a time-scale τ. In general, this minimizing movement depends on the \(\varepsilon\)-τ regime, but can always be compared with the minimizing movement for F. Interesting problems related to this notion are computation of critical \(\varepsilon\)-τ regimes, definition of effective, long-time and backwards motions.
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- Local Minimizer
- Euler Scheme
- Gradient Flow
- Strict Local Minimizer
- Quasi Static Evolution
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Braides, A. (2014). Introduction. In: Local Minimization, Variational Evolution and Γ-Convergence. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2094. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01982-6_1
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