Optimality conditions for the calculus of variations with higher-order delta derivatives
Optimization and Control
2010-10-05 v1
Abstract
We prove the Euler-Lagrange delta-differential equations for problems of the calculus of variations on arbitrary time scales with delta-integral functionals depending on higher-order delta derivatives.
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@article{arxiv.1008.1504,
title = {Optimality conditions for the calculus of variations with higher-order delta derivatives},
author = {Rui A. C. Ferreira and Agnieszka B. Malinowska and Delfim F. M. Torres},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1504},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Submitted 26/Jul/2009; Revised 04/Aug/2010; Accepted 09/Aug/2010; for publication in "Applied Mathematics Letters"