An example is shown of a functional F(u)=If(u,u)dtF(u)=\int_{I}f(u,u')\,dt which is not lower semicontinuous with respect to L1L^1-convergence. The function ff is nonnegative, continuous and strictly convex in the second variable for each uRnu \in {\mathbb R}^n.

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Robert Cerny

Dept. Mathematical Analysis, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 18675 Praha 8, Czech Republic

rcerny@karlin.mff.cuni.cz

Jan Malý

Dept. Mathematical Analysis, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 18675 Praha 8, Czech Republic

maly@karlin.mff.cuni.cz

R. Cerny, J. Malý. “Another Counterexample to Lower Semicontinuity in Calculus of Variations.” Journal of Convex Analysis 9 (2002), No. 1, 295–300.