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A second order smooth variational principle on Riemannian manifolds

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We establish a second order smooth variational principle valid for functions defined on (possibly infinite-dimensional) Riemannian manifolds which are uniformly locally convex and have a strictly positive injectivity radius and bounded sectional curvature.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701678,
  title  = {A second order smooth variational principle on Riemannian manifolds},
  author = {Daniel Azagra and Robb Fry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701678},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages, second version of the paper (a minor mistake in the proof of the first version has been corrected, and an estimation improved)

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