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In this paper we are concerned with the learnability of energies from data obtained by observing time evolutions of their critical points starting at random initial equilibria. As a byproduct of our theoretical framework we introduce the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-04 Stefano Almi , Massimo Fornasier , Richard Huber

A variant of the usual Lagrangian scheme is developed which describes both the equations of motion and the variational equations of a system. The required (prolonged) Lagrangian is defined in an extended configuration space comprising both…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 C. M. Arizmendi , J. Delgado , H. N. Núñez-Yépez , A. L. Salas-Brito

This paper presents the Euler-Lagrange equations for fractional variational problems with multiple integrals. The fractional Noether-type theorem for conservative and nonconservative generalized physical systems is proved. Our approach uses…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-09 Agnieszka B. Malinowska

We develop in this paper a new framework for discrete calculus of variations when the actions have densities involving an arbitrary discretization operator. We deduce the discrete Euler-Lagrange equations for piecewise continuous critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-28 Philippe Ryckelynck , Laurent Smoch

We introduce a discrete-time fractional calculus of variations. First and second order necessary optimality conditions are established. Examples illustrating the use of the new Euler-Lagrange and Legendre type conditions are given. They…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-28 Nuno R. O. Bastos , Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce a stochastic fractional calculus. As an application, we present a stochastic fractional calculus of variations, which generalizes the fractional calculus of variations to stochastic processes. A stochastic fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-10 Houssine Zine , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove existence of radially symmetric solutions and validity of Euler-Lagrange necessary conditions for a class of variational problems such that neither direct methods nor indirect methods of Calculus of Variations apply. We obtain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-25 Graziano Crasta , Annalisa Malusa

We present an application of variational-wavelet analysis to quasiclassical calculations of solutions of Wigner equations related to nonlinear (polynomial) dynamical problems. (Naive) deformation quantization, multiresolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Antonina N. Fedorova , Michael G. Zeitlin

In the present work, we formulate a necessary condition for functionals with Lagrangians depending on fractional derivatives of differentiable functions to possess an extremum. The Euler-Lagrange equation we obtained generalizes previously…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-08-01 Matheus Jatkoske Lazo

We propose a novel algorithmic method for constructing invariant variational schemes of systems of ordinary differential equations that are the Euler-Lagrange equations of a variational principle. The method is based on the invariantization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Alex Bihlo , James Jackaman , Francis Valiquette

We carry out an analysis of the existence of solutions for a class of nonlinear partial differential equations of parabolic type. The equation is associated to a nonlocal initial condition, written in general form which includes, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Irene Benedetti , Simone Ciani

Because scaling symmetries of the Euler-Lagrange equations are generally not variational symmetries of the action, they do not lead to conservation laws. Instead, an extension of Noether's theorem reduces the equations of motion to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 Sidney Bludman , Dallas C. Kennedy

We investigate the initial-value problem of the non-linear Liouville hierarchy. For the general form of the interaction potential we construct an explicit solution in terms of an expansion over particle clusters whose evolution is described…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. O. Shtyk

The group classification problem for the class of (1+1)-dimensional linear $r$th order evolution equations is solved for arbitrary values of $r>2$. It is shown that a related maximally gauged class of homogeneous linear evolution equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-08 Alexander Bihlo , Roman O. Popovych

Nonlinear evolution equations of the fourth order and its partial cases are derived for describing nonlinear pressure waves in a mixture liquid and gas bubbles. Influence of viscosity and heat transfer is taken into account. Exact solutions…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2011-12-23 Nikolay A. Kudryashov , Dmitry I. Sinelshchikov

Similar evolutionary variational inequalities appear as convenient formulations for continuous quasistationary models for sandpile growth, formation of a network of lakes and rivers, magnetization of type-II superconductors, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Leonid Prigozhin

Fractional (or non-integer) differentiation is an important concept both from theoretical and applicational points of view. The study of problems of the calculus of variations with fractional derivatives is a rather recent subject, the main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-06-22 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

Neural networks have become ubiquitous tools for solving signal and image processing problems, and they often outperform standard approaches. Nevertheless, training neural networks is a challenging task in many applications. The prevalent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Patrick L. Combettes , Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Audrey Repetti

The principle of least action is one of the most fundamental physical principle. It says that among all possible motions connecting two points in a phase space, the system will exhibit those motions which extremise an action functional.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-17 Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Christian Offen

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