# Sharp Conditions for the BBM Formula and Asymptotics of Heat Content-Type Energies

**Authors:** Luca Gennaioli, Giorgio Stefani

PMC · DOI: 10.1007/s00205-025-02157-1 · 2026-01-07

## TL;DR

This paper establishes precise mathematical conditions for the convergence of certain energy functionals to a Dirichlet energy in both local and non-local settings.

## Contribution

The paper provides sharp conditions for BBM energy convergence and derives asymptotic formulas for heat content-type energies.

## Key findings

- Sufficient and necessary conditions for BBM energy convergence to p-Dirichlet energy are established.
- Local compactness and convergence results are derived for sequences with bounded BBM energy.
- Asymptotic formulas for heat content-type energies are provided in both local and non-local settings.

## Abstract

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				\begin{document}$$({\mathscr {F}}_{t,p})_{t\in (0,1)}$$\end{document}(Ft,p)t∈(0,1) when the limit p-energy is of non-local type. Finally, we apply our results to provide asymptotic formulas in the pointwise and \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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				\begin{document}$$\Gamma $$\end{document}Γ-sense for heat content-type energies both in the local and non-local settings.

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