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On the variational principle

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Date
1974
Dewey
Analyse
Sujet
variational principle
Journal issue
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Volume
47
Number
2
Publication date
1974
Article pages
324-353
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-247X(74)90025-0
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/12922
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Author
Ekeland, Ivar
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
The variational principle states that if a differentiable functional F attains its minimum at some point View the MathML source, then View the MathML source; it has proved a valuable tool for studying partial differential equations. This paper shows that if a differentiable function F has a finite lower bound (although it need not attain it), then, for every ϵ > 0, there exists some point uϵ, where View the MathML source, i.e., its derivative can be made arbitrarily small. Applications are given to Plateau's problem, to partial differential equations, to nonlinear eigenvalues, to geodesics on infinite-dimensional manifolds, and to control theory.

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