Critical Point Theory and Its Applications

• Main Authors: Zou, Wenming (Author), Schechter, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Functional analysis.; Global analysis (Mathematics).; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Differential equations.; Partial differential equations.; Analysis.; Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds.; Partial Differential Equations.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Functional Analysis.

Since the birth of the calculus of variations, researchers have discovered that variational methods, when they apply, can obtain better results than most other methods. Moreover, they apply in a very large number of situations. It was realized many years ago that the solutions of a great number of p...