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A chain rule formula in BV and application to lower semicontinuity

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  1. Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli, Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Scarpa 16, Rome, 00161, Italy

    Virginia De Cicco

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni “R. Caccioppoli”, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, via Cinzia Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, 80126, Italy

    Nicola Fusco & Anna Verde

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De Cicco, V., Fusco, N. & Verde, A. A chain rule formula in BV and application to lower semicontinuity. Calc. Var. 28, 427–447 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-006-0048-7

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