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We prove comparison, uniqueness and existence results for viscosity solutions to a wide class of fully nonlinear second order partial differential equations $F(x, u, du, d^{2}u)=0$ defined on a finite-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-03-13 Daniel Azagra , Juan Ferrera , Beatriz Sanz

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 derive a priori estimates for second order derivatives of solutions to a wide calss of fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds. The equations we consider naturally appear in geometric problems and other applications…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-30 Bo Guan , Heming Jiao

In this paper, we derive a priori estimates for the gradient and second order derivatives of solutions to a class of Hessian type fully nonlinear parabolic equations with the first initial-boundary value problem on Riemannian manifolds.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-04 Ge-Jun Bao , Wei-Song Dong

We analyse second order (in Riemann curvature) geometric flows (un-normalised) on locally homogeneous three manifolds and look for specific features through the solutions (analytic whereever possible, otherwise numerical) of the evolution…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-13 Sanjit Das , Kartik Prabhu , Sayan Kar

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

Neural ODEs are a widely used, powerful machine learning technique in particular for physics. However, not every solution is physical in that it is an Euler-Lagrange equation. We present Helmholtz metrics to quantify this resemblance for a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Luca Wolf , Tobias Buck , Bjoern Malte Schaefer

Recently developed concept of dissipative measure-valued solution for compressible flows is a suitable tool to describe oscillations and singularities possibly developed in solutions of multidimensional Euler equations. In this paper we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Mária Lukáčová-Medviďová , Yuhuan Yuan

Lie symmetries of systems of second-order linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients are exhaustively described over both the complex and real fields. The exact lower and upper bounds for the dimensions of the maximal…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-03-25 Vyacheslav M. Boyko , Roman O. Popovych , Nataliya M. Shapoval

We consider the following problem: on any given complete Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, among all curves which have fixed length as well as fixed end-points and tangents at the end-points, minimise the $L^\infty$ norm of the curvature. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Ed Gallagher , Roger Moser

We prove estimates and existence results for some fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds. These equations are not arbitrary, but arise naturally in the study of conformal geometry.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-08-26 Jeff Viaclovsky

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.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-05 Rui A. C. Ferreira , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper, we establish the second order estimates of solutions to the first initial-boundary value problem for general Hessian type fully nonlinear parabolic equations on Riemannian manifolds. The techniques used in this article can…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-14 Heming Jiao

Flows of one-dimensional continuum in Lagrangian coordinates are studied in the paper. Equations describing these flows are reduced to a single Euler-Lagrange equation which contains two undefined functions. Particular choices of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 E. I. Kaptsov , S. V. Meleshko

We study the existence and properties of metrics maximising the first Laplace eigenvalue among conformal metrics of unit volume on Riemannian surfaces. We describe a general approach to this problem and its higher eigenvalue versions via…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-03-13 Gerasim Kokarev

The Lagrangian formalism for variational problem for second-order delay ordinary differential equations (DODEs) is developed. The Noether-type operator identities and theorems for DODEs of second order are presented. Algebraic construction…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Vladimir A. Dorodnitsyn , Roman V. Kozlov , Sergey V. Meleshko

Variational and divergence symmetries are studied in this paper for linear equations of maximal symmetry in canonical form, and the associated first integrals are given in explicit form. All the main results obtained are formulated as…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-12-29 J. C. Ndogmo

We review some recent results on the mean curvature flows of Lagrangian submanifolds from the perspective of geometric partial differential equations. These include global existence and convergence results, characterizations of first-time…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-04-19 Mu-Tao Wang

We prove an upper bound for the volume-normalized second nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on closed Riemannian manifold, in terms of the conformal volume. This bound provides effective upper bound for a large class of manifolds,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Mehdi Eddaoudi , Alexandre Girouard