Generic uniqueness of a minimal solution for variational problems on a torus (Q1608798)

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Generic uniqueness of a minimal solution for variational problems on a torus
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1780529

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    Generic uniqueness of a minimal solution for variational problems on a torus (English)
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    13 August 2002
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    Summary: We study minimal solutions for one-dimensional variational problems on a torus. We show that, for a generic integrand and any rational number \(\alpha\), there exists a unique (up to translations) periodic minimal solution with rotation number \(\alpha\).
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    one-dimensional variational problems
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    periodic minimal solution
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    Frenkel-Kontorova model
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