Variational principles in mathematical physics, geometry, and economics : qualitative analysis of nonlinear equations and unilateral problems / Alexandru Kristály, Vicenţiu Rădulescu, Csaba Gyorgy Varga.

"This comprehensive introduction to the calculus of variations and its main principles also presents their real-life applications in various contexts: mathematical physics, differential geometry, and optimization in economics. Based on the authors' original work, it provides an overview of the field...

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Uniform Title:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; 136.
Main Author: Kristály, Alexandru
Other Authors: Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D., 1958-
Varga, Csaba
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; 136.
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505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Foreword Jean Mawhin; Preface; Part I. Variational Principles in Mathematical Physics: 1. Variational principles; 2. Variational inequalities; 3. Nonlinear eigenvalue problems; 4. Elliptic systems of gradient type; 5. Systems with arbitrary growth nonlinearities; 6. Scalar field systems; 7. Competition phenomena in Dirichlet problems; 8. Problems to Part I; Part II. Variational Principles in Geometry: 9. Sublinear problems on Riemannian manifolds; 10. Asymptotically critical problems on spheres; 11. Equations with critical exponent; 12. Problems to Part II; Part III. Variational Principles in Economics: 13. Mathematical preliminaries; 14. Minimization of cost-functions on manifolds; 15. Best approximation problems on manifolds; 16. A variational approach to Nash equilibria; 17. Problems to Part III; Appendix A. Elements of convex analysis; Appendix B. Function spaces; Appendix C. Category and genus; Appendix D. Clarke and Degiovanni gradients; Appendix E. Elements of set-valued analysis; References; Index. 
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