Minimax Methods for Indefinite Functionals.

Abstract

This paper contains the written of a series of lectures presented by the author at the American Mathematical Society Summer Institute on Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Nonlinear Differential Equations. These lectures are an introduction to minimax techniques for finding critical points of functionals, especially functionals possessing symmetries. Applications are made to semilinear elliptic partial differential equations and Hamiltonian systems of ordinary differential equations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA137953

Entities

People

  • P. H. Rabinowitz

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Banach Space
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Formulas (Mathematics)
  • Functional Analysis
  • Hilbert Space
  • Integral Equations
  • Mathematics
  • New York
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Periodic Functions
  • Symmetry
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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