A distributional approach to fractional Sobolev spaces and fractional variation: asymptotics I

Abstract: We continue the study of the space $BV^\alpha(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of functions with bounded fractional variation in $\mathbb{R}^n$ of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ introduced in arXiv:1809.08575, by dealing with the asymptotic behaviour of the fractional operators involved. After some technical improvements of certain results of our previous work, we prove that the fractional $\alpha$-variation converges to the standard De Giorgi's variation both pointwise and in the $\Gamma$-limit sense as $\alpha\to1^-$. We also prove that the fractional $\beta$-variation converges to the fractional $\alpha$-variation both pointwise and in the $\Gamma$-limit sense as $\beta\to\alpha^-$ for any given $\alpha\in(0,1)$.