Tohoku Mathematical Journal

The characterization of Riemannian metric arising from phase transition problems

Abstract

We present one property of the Riemannian metric which is derived from the positive power of potential functions. Then this property is applied to the study of the $\Gamma$-convergence of energy functionals which are associated with the Euler-Lagrange $p$-Laplacian equation.

Article information

Source
Tohoku Math. J. (2), Volume 61, Number 3 (2009), 333-347.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 16 October 2009

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1255700198

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2748/tmj/1255700198

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2568258

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1188.49015

Citation

Chang, Mao-Sheng; Lee, Shu-Cheng; Yen, Chien-Chang. The characterization of Riemannian metric arising from phase transition problems. Tohoku Math. J. (2) 61 (2009), no. 3, 333--347. doi:10.2748/tmj/1255700198. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1255700198

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