Structure of stable solutions of a one-dimensional variational problem

DOI10.1051/cocv:2006019zbMath1117.49025OpenAlexW2125504815MaRDI QIDQ3416758

Nung Kwan Yip

Publication date: 22 January 2007

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.numdam.org/item?id=COCV_2006__12_4_721_0

zbMATH Keywords

local minimizerhigher-order functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Regularity of solutions in optimal control (49N60) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Phase transformations in solids (74N99) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Perturbations, asymptotics of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E10) Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30)

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