Meyers-Serrin type theorems and relaxation of variational integrals depending on vector fields

Houston Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 859-889

  Franchi, Bruno ^a   Serapioni, Raul ^b   Serra Cassano, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c NONE

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