Approximation by Γ-convergence of a curvature-depending functional in visual reconstruction

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-121

  Braides, Andrea ^a   March, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 30544449373     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20103     Document Type: Article

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