DocumentCode
391062
Title
A variational problem with a continuum of weak local minima
Author
Loewen, Philip D. ; Watson, Stephen J. ; Wolenski, Peter R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
10-13 Dec. 2002
Firstpage
3530
Abstract
We discuss a fixed-endpoint problem in the calculus of variations for which there is a continuum of piecewise-linear solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equation, each providing a weak local minimum, and each with a different integral value.
Keywords
piecewise linear techniques; variational techniques; Euler-Lagrange equation; calculus of variations; fixed-endpoint problem; integral value; piecewise-linear solutions; variational problem; weak local minima continuum; weak local minimum; Calculus; IEL; Integral equations; Lifting equipment; Mathematics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control, 2002, Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on
ISSN
0191-2216
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7516-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.2002.1184422
Filename
1184422
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