Perturbed minimization principles and applications.

MaRDI QIDQ2760176zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nassif Ghoussoub, Robert Deville

Publication date 5 August 2002

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equationsmountain pass theoremnon-smooth calculusPalais-Smale minimizing sequencesvariational principles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces (46B20) Radon-Nikodým, Kre?n-Milman and related properties (46B22) Existence theories for problems in abstract spaces (49J27) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

Review text

Due to lack of compactness, lower semi-continuous and bounded below functionals on infinite dimensional Banach spaces do not attain their minimum in general. In order to establish several existence results, one is therefore bound to perturb the functional with a controlable function (which is usually ``smooth and ``small) in such a way that the perturbed functional attains its minimum (and sometimes uniquely, or strongly). This very interesting survey, written by two main contributors to the field, gathers the most important perturbation principles, and a wealth of applications. Among these, let us mention in particular convergence of martingales and optimization on non-compact sets, the structure of Banach spaces which admit a separating polynomial, non-smooth calculus and Rolle's theorems, the mountain pass theorem, and viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations. This survey will serve as a perfect guide for anyone who intends to contribute to this field. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0970.46001].

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