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We introduce a discrete-time fractional calculus of variations on the time scale $h\mathbb{Z}$, $h > 0$. First and second order necessary optimality conditions are established. Examples illustrating the use of the new Euler-Lagrange and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nuno R. O. Bastos , Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove general necessary optimality conditions for delta-nabla isoperimetric problems of the calculus of variations.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-11-17 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove a necessary optimality condition of Euler-Lagrange type for fractional variational problems with derivatives of incommensurate variable order. This allows us to state a version of Noether's theorem without transformation of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-14 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We obtain Euler-Lagrange and transversality optimality conditions for higher-order infinite horizon variational problems on a time scale. The new necessary optimality conditions improve the classical results both in the continuous and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-13 Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove a Noether-type symmetry theorem and a DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition for nabla problems of the calculus of variations on time scales.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-06 Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove necessary optimality conditions for problems of the calculus of variations on time scales with a Lagrangian depending on the free end-point.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-21 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove a necessary optimality condition for isoperimetric problems on time scales in the space of delta-differentiable functions with rd-continuous derivatives. The results are then applied to Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems on time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-06 Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

We consider an inverse extremal problem for variational functionals on arbitrary time scales. Using the Euler-Lagrange equation and the strengthened Legendre condition, we derive a general form for a variational functional that attains a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-07 Monika Dryl , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We obtain a generalized Euler-Lagrange differential equation and transversality optimality conditions for Herglotz-type higher-order variational problems. Illustrative examples of the new results are given.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-12 Simao P. S. Santos , Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions of optimality for variational problems that deal with a fractional derivative with respect to another function. Fractional Euler--Lagrange equations are established for the fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-06 Ricardo Almeida

We review the recent generalized fractional calculus of variations. We consider variational problems containing generalized fractional integrals and derivatives and study them using indirect methods. In particular, we provide necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper we consider the problem of the calculus of variations for a functional which is the composition of a certain scalar function $H$ with the delta integral of a vector valued field $f$, i.e., of the form…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-28 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We consider fractional isoperimetric problems of calculus of variations with double integrals via the recent modified Riemann-Liouville approach. A necessary optimality condition of Euler-Lagrange type, in the form of a multitime fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-04-05 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove a necessary optimality condition for isoperimetric problems under nabla-differentiable curves. As a consequence, the recent results of [M.R. Caputo, A unified view of ostensibly disparate isoperimetric variational problems, Appl.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-05-21 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We establish Euler-Lagrange equations for a problem of Calculus of variations where the unknown variable contains a term of delay on a segment.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-31 Joël Blot , Mamadou Ibrahima Koné

We derive Euler-Lagrange type equations for fractional action-like integrals of the calculus of variations which depend on the Riemann-Liouville derivatives of order $(\alpha,\beta)$, $\alpha > 0$, $\beta > 0$, recently introduced by J.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-12-30 Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi , Delfim F. M. Torres

We show that for any variational symmetry of the problem of the calculus of variations on time scales there exists a conserved quantity along the respective Euler-Lagrange extremals.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-03-19 Zbigniew Bartosiewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

The discrete, the quantum, and the continuous calculus of variations, have been recently unified and extended by using the theory of time scales. Such unification and extension is, however, not unique, and two approaches are followed in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-30 Delfim F. M. Torres

We obtain several Euler-Lagrange equations for variational functionals defined on a set of H\"older curves. The cases when the Lagrangian contains multiple scale derivatives, depends on a parameter, or contains higher-order scale…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-06-01 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for a problem of the calculus of variations with time delays, where the delay in the unknown function is different from the delay in its derivative. Then, a more general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-24 Mohammed Benharrat , Delfim F. M. Torres