On the Brachistochrone Problem

DOI10.4208/CMAA.2021-0005MaRDI QIDQ6133776zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Philippe G. Ciarlet, Cristinel Mardare

Publication date 21 August 2023

Published in Communications in Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4208/cmaa.2021-0005

zbMATH Keywords

brachistochronecalculus of variationsEuler-Lagrange equationsexistence of a minimizeruniqueness of a minimizer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control (49-01) Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations (49K15)

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