Quasiconvexity and uniqueness of stationary points in the multi-dimensional calculus of variations

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-03-06852-7zbMath1036.49024MaRDI QIDQ4417204

Ali Taheri

Publication date: 28 July 2003

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

zbMATH Keywords

quasiconvexity; critical points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

49J10: Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables

49J45: Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation

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