The inverse problem of the calculus of variations for scalar fourth-order ordinary differential equations

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-96-01720-5zbMATH Open0879.34016MaRDI QIDQ5690960FDOQ5690960

Authors: Mark E. Fels 

Publication date: 9 January 1997

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

variational bicomplexequivalence methoddivergence symmetriesinverse problem of the calculus of variationsvariational principles for scalar ordinary differential equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems involving ordinary differential equations (34A55) Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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