Strict convexity, strong ellipticity, and regularity in the calculus of variations

DOI10.1017/S0305004100056930zbMath0451.35028MaRDI QIDQ3897375

John M. Ball

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

calculus of variationsstrict convexityEuler's equationstrong ellipticitytangent spacesregularity of weak solutionsmethod of trajectories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order elliptic equations (35J15) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

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