In this paper, we study the concepts of level-continuity and proper local m
aximum points of functions defined on a topological space X and, on one han
d, we establish that, under adequate conditions, f is level-continuous if f
is without proper local maximum points and, on the other, we prove that le
vel-convergence and variational convergence (Gamma-convergence) of function
s are equivalents when the limit function is level-continuous. (C) 1999 Els
evier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.