Helmholtz's inverse problem of the discrete calculus of variations

DOI10.1080/10236198.2012.754435zbMath1281.39005arXiv1203.1209MaRDI QIDQ2855197

Jacky Cresson, Loïc Bourdin

Publication date: 24 October 2013

Published in: Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1209

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian systems; discrete calculus of variations; Helmholtz's inverse problem; second-order finite difference equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35R30: Inverse problems for PDEs

39A12: Discrete version of topics in analysis

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