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Using\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"normal upper Gamma\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">\n                            \u0393\n                            \n                          <\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">\\Gamma<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    -convergence arguments we show that for convex energies the discrete minimisers converge to a minimiser of the continuous problem as the mesh parameter tends to zero, under the additional contribution of appropriately defined penalty terms at the level of the discrete energies. 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