On the Morse index of critical points in the viscosity method

DOI10.1007/S00526-021-02134-YzbMATH Open1502.46060arXiv1806.09578OpenAlexW2810596556WikidataQ114018058 ScholiaQ114018058MaRDI QIDQ2113291FDOQ2113291

Authors: Alexis Michelat 

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that in viscous approximations of functionals defined on Finsler manifolds, it is possible to construct suitable sequences of critical points of these approximations satisfying the expected Morse index bounds as in Lazer-Solimini's theory, together with the entropy condition of Michael Struwe.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.09578

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zbMATH Keywords

critical pointsMorse index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Infinite-dimensional manifolds (46T05)

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