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We discuss a numerical method for finding Young-measure-valued minimizers of non-convex variational problems. To have any hope of a convergence theorem, one must work in a setting where the minimizer is unique and minimizing sequences converge strongly. This paper has two main goals: (i) we specify a method for producing strongly-convergent minimizing sequences, despite the failure of strict convexity; and (ii) we show how uniqueness of the Young measure can be parlayed into a numerical convergence theorem. The treatment of (ii) is done in the setting of two model problems, one involving scalar valued functions and a multiwell energy, the other from micromagnetics.
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Received July 29, 1995
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Pedregal, P. On the numerical analysis of non-convex variational problems . Numer. Math. 74, 325–336 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002110050219
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