Weak and strong solutions to the inverse-square brachistochrone problem on circular and annular domains

DOI10.2140/involve.2017.10.833zbMath1364.49019arXiv1605.01486OpenAlexW3101833321MaRDI QIDQ2357676

John A. Gemmer, Christopher Grimm

Publication date: 14 June 2017

Published in: Involve (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01486

zbMATH Keywords

eikonal equationbrachistochrone problemgeometric opticscalculus of variations of one independent variable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30) Optimality conditions for free problems in one independent variable (49K05)

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