On gradient flows (Q1265107)

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    On gradient flows (English)
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    19 November 1998
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    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theory of existence of solutions to ordinary differential equations in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), when the right hand side of the equation is not necessarily continuous. More precisely the authors study existence and uniqueness of solutions for the equation \(x'= \nabla u(x)\) when \(u\) is not necessarily differentiable everywhere. This problem is closely related with (multidimensional) calculus of variations.
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    gradient flow
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    subdifferential
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    discontinuous right-hand side
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    existence
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    uniqueness
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    calculus of variations
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