Convergence and Optimization Results for a History-dependent Variational Problem
Abstract
We consider a mixed variational problem in real Hilbert spaces, defined on on the unbounded interval of time and governed by a history-dependent operator. We state the unique solvability of the problem, which follows from a general existence and uniqueness result obtained in our previous paper. Then, we state and prove a general convergence result. The proof is based on arguments of monotonicity, compactness, lower semicontinuity and Mosco convergence. Finally, we consider a general optimization problem for which we prove the existence of minimizers. The mathematical tools developed in this paper are useful in the analysis of a large class of nonlinear boundary value problems which, in a weak formulation, lead to history-dependent mixed variational problems. To provide an example, we illustrate our abstract results in the study of a frictional contact problem for viscoelastic materials with long memory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.11338,
title = {Convergence and Optimization Results for a History-dependent Variational Problem},
author = {Mircea Sofonea and Andaluzia Matei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.11338},
year = {2019}
}