A sharp form of trace Moser–Trudinger inequality on compact Riemannian surface with boundary

In this paper, a sharp form of trace Moser–Trudinger inequality is established on the boundary of compact Riemannian surface, and the existence of extremal function is proved via the method of blowing up analysis.     

Concentration compactness of Moser functionals on manifolds

We will prove a concentration compactness property of the Moser functional on a compact Riemannian manifold.     

Sharp Weighted Young's Inequalities and Moser–Trudinger Inequalities on Heisenberg Type Groups and Grushin Spaces

We obtain sharp weighted Moser–Trudinger inequalities for first-layer symmetric functions on groups of Heisenberg type, and for -symmetric functions on the Grushin plane. To this end, we establish weighted Young's inequalities in the form , for first-layer radial weights on a general Carnot group and functions with first-layer symmetric. The proofs use some sharp estimates for hypergeometric functions.Research supported by NSF grant DMS-0228807.     

A note on the instability of a focusing nonlinear damped wave equation

We investigate the initial value problem for a nonlinear damped wave equation in two space dimensions. We prove local well‐posedness and instability by blow‐up of the standing waves. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new sufficiency theorem for strong minima in the calculus of variations

Sufficiency for strong local optimality in the calculus of variations involves, in the classical theory, the strengthened condition of Weierstrass. A proof of sufficiency for strong minima, modifying this condition under certain uniform continuity assumptions on the functions delimiting the problem, is presented. The proof is direct in nature as it makes no use of fields, Hamilton–Jacobi theory, Riccati equations or conjugate points. Some examples illustrate clear advantages of the new sufficient condition over the classical one.     

A sharp form of Moser-Trudinger inequality in high dimension

Let Ω be a bounded smooth domain in Rn(n?3). This paper deals with a sharp form of Moser-Trudinger inequality. Let

     

A branch and cut approach to the cardinality constrained circuit problem

The Cardinality Constrained Circuit Problem (CCCP) is the problem of finding a minimum cost circuit in a graph where the circuit is constrained to have at most k edges. The CCCP is NP-Hard. We present classes of facet-inducing inequalities for the convex hull of feasible circuits, and a branch-and-cut solution approach using these inequalities. Received: April 1998 / Accepted: October 2000?Published online October 26, 2001     

Direct methods in the calculus of variations

Book Review

Direct methods in the calculus of variationsB. Dacorogna: Applied Mathematical Sciences, Volume 78, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1989, 308 pp., hard cover DM120,-, ISBN 3-540-50491-5     

Regularity of minima: An invitation to the dark side of the calculus of variations

I am presenting a survey of regularity results for both minima of variational integrals, and solutions to non-linear elliptic, and sometimes parabolic, systems of partial differential equations. I will try to take the reader to the Dark Side... This work has been partially supported by MIUR via the project “Calcolo delle Variazioni” (Cofin 2004), and by GNAMPA via the project “Studio delle singolarità in problemi geometrici e variazionali”.     

A transmission problem in the calculus of variations

We study hölder regularity of minimizers of the functional , wherep(x) takes only two values and jumps across a Lipschitz surface. No restriction on the two values is imposed.This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag T_EX PJourlg macro package 1991.     

A symmetry problem in the calculus of variations

Let be a ball in ^N, centered at zero, and letu be a minimizer of the nonconvex functional over one of the classesC _M := {w W _loc ^1, () 0 w(x) M in,w concave} orE _M := {w W _loc ^1,2 () 0 w(x) M in,w 0 inL()}of admissible functions. Thenu is not radial and not unique. Therefore one can further reduce the resistance of Newton's rotational body of minimal resistance through symmetry breaking.     

Global well‐posedness of a damped Schrödinger equation in two space dimensions

We investigate the initial value problem for a semilinear damped Schrödinger equation with exponential growth nonlinearity in two space dimensions. We obtain global well‐posedness in the energy space. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A hybrid Newton method for solving the variational inequality problem via the D-gap function

The variational inequality problem (VIP) can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem through the D-gap function. It is proved that the D-gap function has bounded level sets for the strongly monotone VIP. A hybrid Newton-type method is proposed for minimizing the D-gap function. Under some conditions, it is shown that the algorithm is globally convergent and locally quadratically convergent. Received May 6, 1997 / Revised version received October 30, 1998?Published online June 11, 1999     

A periodic functional approach to the calculus of variations and the problem of time-dependent damped harmonic oscillators

I discuss the problem of time-dependent harmonic oscillators on the basis of a periodic functional approach to the calculus of variations. Both the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations are explored and discussed in some detail. Some interesting consequences are revealed.     

Degeneracy in the multi-source Weber problem

Received June 10, 1996 / Revised version received May 20, 1997 Published online October 21, 1998     

Helmholtz's inverse problem of the discrete calculus of variations

We derive the discrete version of the classical Helmholtz's condition. Precisely, we state a theorem characterizing second-order finite difference equations admitting a Lagrangian formulation. Moreover, in the affirmative case, we provide the class of all possible Lagrangian formulations.     

Local Lipschitz continuity of solutions to a problem in the calculus of variations

This article studies the problem of minimizing ∫_ΩF(Du)+G(x,u) over the functions uW^1,1(Ω) that assume given boundary values on ∂Ω. The function F and the domain Ω are assumed convex. In considering the same problem with G=0, and in the spirit of the classical Hilbert–Haar theory, Clarke has introduced a new type of hypothesis on the boundary function : the lower (or upper) bounded slope condition. This condition, which is less restrictive than the classical bounded slope condition of Hartman, Nirenberg and Stampacchia, is satisfied if is the restriction to ∂Ω of a convex (or concave) function. We show that for a class of problems in which G(x,u) is locally Lipschitz (but not necessarily convex) in u, the lower bounded slope condition implies the local Lipschitz regularity of solutions.     

Continuity of solutions of a problem in the calculus of variations

We study the problem of minimizing ${\int_{\Omega} L(x,u(x),Du(x))\,{\rm d}x}$ over the functions ${u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)}$ that assume given boundary values ${\phi}$ on ???. We assume that L(x, u, Du)?=?F(Du)?+?G(x, u) and that F is convex. We prove that if ${\phi}$ is continuous and ?? is convex, then any minimum u is continuous on the closure of ??. When ?? is not convex, the result holds true if F(Du)?=?f(|Du|). Moreover, if ${\phi}$ is Lipschitz continuous, then u is H?lder continuous.     

Inverse problem of the calculus of variations on Lie groups

This article studies the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for the special case of the geodesic flow associated to the canonical symmetric bi-invariant connection of a Lie group. Necessary background on the differential geometric structure of the tangent bundle of a manifold as well as the Fröhlicher-Nijenhuis theory of derivations is introduced briefly. The first obstructions to the inverse problem are considered in general and then as they appear in the special case of the Lie group connection. Thereafter, higher order obstructions are studied in a way that is impossible in general. As a result a new algebraic condition on the variational multiplier is derived, that involves the Nijenhuis torsion of the Jacobi endomorphism. The Euclidean group of the plane is considered as a working example of the theory and it is shown that the geodesic system is variational by applying the Cartan-Kähler theorem. The same system is then reconsidered locally and a closed form solution for the variational multiplier is obtained. Finally some more examples are considered that point up the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.