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This article makes no claim to originality, other than, perhaps, the simple statement here called the {\it Abstract Maximum Principle}. Actually, the whole contents are strongly based on some H. Sussmann's and coauthors' papers, in which,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Monica Motta , Franco Rampazzo

We propose a numerical method to solve the Monge-Ampere equation which admits a classical convex solution. The Monge-Ampere equation is reformulated into an equivalent first-order system. We adopt a novel reconstructed discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-13 Ruo Li , Fanyi Yang

In this expository article we revisit the Bernstein problem for several geometric PDEs including the minimal surface, Monge-Amp\`{e}re, and special Lagrangian equations. We also discuss the minimal surface system where appropriate. The…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-09 Connor Mooney

Let \Omega and \tilde{\Omega} be uniformly convex domains in \mathbb{R}^n with smooth boundary. We show that there exists a diffeomorphism f: \Omega \to \tilde{\Omega} such that the graph \Sigma = \{(x,f(x)): x \in \Omega\} is a minimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-20 S. Brendle , M. Warren

We prove several new results concerning action minimizing periodic orbits of Tonelli Lagrangian systems on an oriented closed surface $M$. More specifically, we show that for every energy larger than the maximal energy of a constant orbit…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Luca Asselle , Gabriele Benedetti , Marco Mazzucchelli

In this article one introduces a formalism of classical mechanics where complex Lagrangian functions are admitted. The results include complex versions of the Lagrangian function, of the Euler-Lagrange equation, of the Hamilton principle, a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Sergio Giardino

In this paper, we derive the general leading-order classical Lagrangian covering all fermion operators of the nonminimal Standard-Model Extension (SME). Such a Lagrangian is considered to be the point-particle analog of the effective field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 J. A. A. S. Reis , M. Schreck

Proceeding from the main principles of the non-unitary quantum theory of relativistic bi-Hamiltonian systems, a system of Lagrangian fields characterized by a certain dispersion law (mass spectrum of particles), interactions between them…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. S. Sannikov , A. A. Stanislavsky , M. J. T. F. Cabbolet

Symmetries are essential for a consistent formulation of many quantum systems. In this paper we discuss a previously unnoticed symmetry, which is present for any Lagrangian term that involves $\dot{x}^2$. As a basic model that incorporates…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-08 Benjamin Koch , Enrique Muñoz , Ignacio Reyes

In 2015 Rubinstein--Solomon introduced the degenerate special Lagrangian equation (DSL) that governs geodesics in the space of positive Lagrangians, showed that subsolutions in the top branch of DSL are convex in space, and raised the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Vasanth Pidaparthy , Yanir A. Rubinstein

We derive a Bernstein type result for the special Lagrangian equation, namely, any global convex solution must be quadratic. In terms of minimal surfaces, the result says that any global minimal Lagrangian graph with convex potential must…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Yu Yuan

This article introduces the degenerate special Lagrangian equation (DSL) and develops the basic analytic tools to construct and study its solutions. The DSL governs geodesics in the space of positive graph Lagrangians in $\mathbb{C}^n.$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Yanir A. Rubinstein , Jake P. Solomon

This paper provides a new admissibility criterion for choosing physically relevant weak solutions of the equations of Lagrangian and continuum mechanics when non-uniqueness of solutions to the initial value problem occurs. The criterion is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Heiko Gimperlein , Michael Grinfeld , Robin J. Knops , Marshall Slemrod

minimal-lagrangians is a Python program which allows one to specify the field content of an extension of the Standard Model of particle physics and, using this information, to generate the most general renormalizable Lagrangian that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-08 Simon May

This short note is intended to review the foundations of mechanics, trying to present them with the greatest mathematical and conceptual clarity. It was attempted to remove most of inessential, even parasitic issues, which can hide the true…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-07 Ricardo J. Alonso-Blanco , Jesús Muñoz-Díaz

The aim of this note is to give a geometric insight into the classical second order optimality conditions for equality-constrained minimization problem. We show that the Hessian's positivity of the Lagrangian function associated to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Luca Amodei

The paths on the {\bf R$^3$} real Euclidean manifold are defined as 2-dimensional simplicial strips; points are replaced by 2-simplexes and the orbits of the action of a one discrete-parameter group on the base manifold becomes a convex…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 Marius. I. Piso

Non-convex functional constrained optimization problems have gained substantial attention in machine learning and data science, addressing broad requirements that typically go beyond the often performance-centric objectives. An influential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Sang Bin Moon , Jong Gwang Kim , Ashish Chandra , Christopher Brinton , Abolfazl Hashemi

In this paper, we prove some Bernstein type results for $n$-dimensional minimal Lagrangian graphs in quaternion Euclidean space $H^n\cong R^{4n}$. In particular, we also get a new Bernstein Theorem for special Lagrangian graphs in $C^n$

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuxin Dong , Yingbo Han , Qingchun Ji

This article is concerned with the second boundary value problem of the Lagrangian mean curvature type equation arising from special Lagrangian geometry. By the parabolic method, we consider a fully nonlinear parabolic equation with oblique…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Jiguang Bao , Qinfeng Jiang