On some variational problems set on domains tending to infinity

Abstract

Let $\Omega_\ell = \ell\omega_1 \times \omega_2$ where $\omega_1 \subset \mathbb{R}^p$ and $\omega_2 \subset \mathbb{R}^{n-p}$ are assumed to be open andbounded. We consider the following minimization problem:$$E_{\Omega_\ell}(u_\ell) = \min_{u\in W_0^{1,q}(\Omega_\ell)}E_{\Omega_\ell}(u)$$where $E_{\Omega_\ell}(u) = \int_{\Omega_\ell}F(\nabla u)-fu$, $F$ is a convex function and $f\in L^{q'}(\omega_2)$. We areinterested in studying the asymptotic behavior of the solution $u_\ell$ as $\ell$ tends to infinity.