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Let h : R $\rightarrow$ R+ be a lower semi-continuous subbadditive and even function such that h(0) = 0 and h($\theta$) $\ge$ $\alpha$|$\theta$| for some $\alpha$ > 0. The h-mass of a k-polyhedral chain P =$\sum$j $\theta$j$\sigma$j in R n…

Let $D$ be a domain in a finite-dimensional Euclidean space, and $H$ be a convex subcone in the convex cone of all subharmonic functions on $D$. We obtain a criterion for the existence of a lower envelope from $H$ for an arbitrary function…

We study the functional calculus for operators of the form $f_h(P(h))$ within the theory of semiclassical pseudodifferential operators, where $\{f_h\}_{h\in (0,1]}\subset C^\infty_c(\mathbb{R})$ denotes a family of $h$-dependent functions…

We prove minimax theorems for lower semicontinuous functions defined on a Hilbert space. The main tool is the theory of $\Phi$-convex functions and sufficient and necessary conditions for the minimax equality to hold for $\Phi$-convex…

Let $P$ be a finite simplicial comple with underlying space (union of simplices in $P$) $|P|$. Let $Q$ be a subcomplex of $P$. Let $a \geq 0$. Then there exists $K < \infty$, \emph{depending only on $a$ and $Q$,} with the following…

Results on the upper and lower semicontinuity of functionals defined on spaces of convex and more general functions are established. In particular, the following result is obtained. Let $\phi(v; \cdot)$ be the density of the absolutely…

We consider isotropic non lower semicontinuous weighted perimeter functionals defined on partitions of domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Besides identifying a condition on the structure of the domain which ensures the existence of minimizing…

We present a novel method for calculating the fundamental gap. To this end, reduced-density-matrix-functional theory is generalized to fractional particle number. For each fixed particle number, $M$, the total energy is minimized with…

A real valued function $f$ defined on a real open interval $I$ is called $\Phi$-monotone if, for all $x,y\in I$ with $x\leq y$ it satisfies $$ f(x)\leq f(y)+\Phi(y-x), $$ where $\Phi:[0,\ell(I)[\,\to\mathbb{R}_+$ is a given nonnegative…

In this paper, given a topological space $X$, an interval $I\subseteq {\bf R}$ and five continuous functions $\varphi, \psi, \omega :X\to {\bf R}$, $\alpha, \beta:I\to {\bf R}$, we are interested in the infimum of the function $\Phi:X\to…

In this paper, we establish the following result: Let $(T,{\cal F},\mu)$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space, let $Y$ be a reflexive real Banach space, and let $\varphi, \psi:Y\to {\bf R}$ be two sequentially weakly lower semicontinuous…

This paper introduces the proper notion of variational quasiconvexity associated to a group of diffeomorphisms. We prove a lower semicontinuity theorem connected to this notion. In the second part of the paper we apply this result to a…

In this paper we establish a result on subextension of $m$-subharmonic functions in the class $\mathcal{F}_m(\Omega,f)$ without changing the hessian measures. As application, we approximate a $m$-subharmonic function with given boudary…

We generalize the Poletsky disc envelope formula for the function $\sup \{u \in \PSH(X,\omega) ; u\leq \phi\}$ on any complex manifold $X$ to the case where the real (1,1)-current $\omega=\omega_1-\omega_2$ is the difference of two positive…

We introduce a notion of quasiconvexity for continuous functions $f$ defined on the vector bundle of linear maps between the tangent spaces of a smooth Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ and $\mathbb{R}^m$, naturally generalizing the classical…

The weak lower semicontinuity of the functional $$ F(u)=\int_{\Omega}f(x,u,\nabla u)\, dx$$ is a classical topic that was studied thoroughly. It was shown that if the function $f$ is continuous and convex in the last variable, the…

We show weak lower semi-continuity of functionals assuming the new notion of a "convexly constrained" $\mathcal A$-quasiconvex integrand. We assume $\mathcal A$-quasiconvexity only for functions defined on a set $K$ which is convex.…

For each closed, positive (1,1)-current \omega on a complex manifold X and each \omega-upper semicontinuous function \phi on X we associate a disc functional and prove that its envelope is equal to the supremum of all…

It is studied the lower semicontinuity of functionals of the type $\int_\Omega f(x,u,v, \nabla u)dx$ with respect to the $(W^{1,1}\times L^p)$-weak \ast topology. Moreover in absence of lower semicontinuity, it is also provided an integral…

The aim of the present paper is essentially to prove that if $\Phi$ and $\Psi$ are two sequentially weakly lower semicontinuous functionals on a reflexive real Banach space and if $\Psi$ is also continuous and coercive, then then following…