A variational result in a domain with boundary
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A variational result in a domain with boundary
zbMATH Open document ID: 1009.58004
author: Louis Nirenberg
author: Yan Yan Li
published in: Methods and Applications of Analysis
publication date: 2002-06-19T00:00:00Z
review text: The authors prove: Let \(F\) be a real \(C^2\) function in the closure \(\overline{\Omega}\) of a smooth bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n.\) Assume that \[ \varphi:=F|_{\partial\Omega}: \partial\Omega \to \mathbb{R} \] has only two critical values, \(\max\) and \(\min.\) Denote by \(m\) the set where \(\varphi\) takes its minimum. Assume: \((i)\)~\(m\) is contractible to a point in \(\overline{\Omega};\) \((ii)\)~in some \(\alpha\)-neighborhood on \(\partial\Omega\) of \(m,\) \(m\) is not contractible to a point. Then \(F\) has a critical point in \(\Omega\). The result is extended to a domain \(\Omega\) in Hilbert space, assuming uniform continuity in some \(\beta\)-neighborhood of \(\partial\Omega\) of the Fréchet derivative \(F'.\)
reviewed by: Dian K. Palagachev
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58E05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35A15
zbMATH DE Number: 1757316
zbMATH Keywords: critical point of function
zbMATH Keywords: variational methods
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
DOI: 10.4310/MAA.2000.V7.N3.A6
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