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Homogenization and integral representation of energy functionals in manifold valued Orlicz-Sobolev spaces

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-16 v1

Abstract

This paper aims to extend to Orlicz-Sobolev spaces some results of integral representation for the simultaneous homogenization and dimensional reduction of integral energies defined on fields taking values on a differentiable manifold. Since our functional framework goes beyond the classical Sobolev's spaces, we also prove, via Γ\Gamma-convergence, a general integral representation results in the unconstrained Orlicz setting. Due to Δ2\Delta_2 and 2\nabla_2 conditions verified by the Young function Φ\Phi (which modulated the growth behaviour), we prove that the density of the Γ\Gamma-limit is a tangential quasiconvex integrand represented by a cell formula.

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@article{arxiv.2604.13498,
  title  = {Homogenization and integral representation of energy functionals in manifold valued Orlicz-Sobolev spaces},
  author = {Joseph Dongho and Joel Fotso Tachago and Franck Tchinda and Elvira Zappale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13498},
  year   = {2026}
}

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24 pages