Quasiconvex functions can be approximated by quasiconvex polynomials

Sebastian Heinz

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2008)

  • Volume: 14, Issue: 4, page 795-801
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

Abstract

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Let W be a function from the real m×n-matrices to the real numbers. If W is quasiconvex in the sense of the calculus of variations, then we show that W can be approximated locally uniformly by quasiconvex polynomials.

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Heinz, Sebastian. "Quasiconvex functions can be approximated by quasiconvex polynomials." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 14.4 (2008): 795-801. <http://eudml.org/doc/250277>.

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