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Past exam of the calculus of variations course of the University of Oxford 2009 1 b ii Solution by
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The integrand is nonnegative. Define the Lipschitz triangular wavesThey have zero endpoint values, slope almost everywhere, and height . Hence almost everywhere. On each of the equal cells, direct integration of the fourth power of the two affine pieces gives . ThereforeThis is an oscillating minimizing sequence with no minimizer.
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