Students are given the opportunity to strengthen their understanding of the course material by working out weekly exercise problems.
Subject
The calculus of variations provides existence of solutions to the class of Euler Lagrange equations which are typically nonlinear equations of divergence type. The methods covered in this course include: Dirichlet principle, Lagrangians, coercivity, convexity, existence of minimizers, critical point methods, mountain pass theorems, Palais-Smale conditions.
Criteria for evaluation
Presentation of solutions to exercise problems.
Language
English and French
Changing subject?
No
Earlier variants
They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) TM1WGUEVARI: UE Calculus of variation (1999W-2022S)
