An EDS approach to the inverse problem in the calculus of variations

DOI10.1063/1.2358000zbMath1112.58016MaRDI QIDQ3442076

J. E. Aldridge, Geoff Prince, Gerard Thompson, Willy Sarlet

Publication date: 16 May 2007

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/5835a646c7bb618ce9d1146b724d0b4096f7aa06

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E35: Variational inequalities (global problems) in infinite-dimensional spaces

49N45: Inverse problems in optimal control

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