Topological equivalence of some variational problems involving distances

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-258

  Buttazzo, Giuseppe ^a   De Pascale, Luigi ^a   Fragalà, Ilaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma convergence; Geodesic distances; Length functional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035587669     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2001.7.247     Document Type: Article

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