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The Weighted Inertia-Energy-Dissipation Principle

Analysis of PDEs 2024-07-31 v1

Abstract

The Weighted Inertia-Energy-Dissipation (WIDE) principle is a global variational approach to nonlinear evolution equations of parabolic and hyperbolic type. The minimization of the parameter-dependent WIDE functional on trajectories delivers an elliptic-in-time regularization. By taking the limit in the parameter, one recovers a solution to the given differential problem. This survey is intended to provide a comprehensive account of the available results on the WIDE variational approach. The basic concepts are illustrated in the simplest finite-dimensional case, and the existing literature, both theoretical and applied, is systematically reviewed.

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@article{arxiv.2407.20933,
  title  = {The Weighted Inertia-Energy-Dissipation Principle},
  author = {Ulisse Stefanelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.20933},
  year   = {2024}
}