The inverse problem of the calculus of variations applied to continuum physics

DOI10.1063/1.525322zbMath0502.73019OpenAlexW2066284542MaRDI QIDQ3968518

Angelo Morro, Franco Bampi

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525322

zbMATH Keywords

applicationselectromagnetismconditionsVainberg's theoremexistence of functionalgiven equations are Euler equationsgiven set of differential equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74A99)

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