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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 generalize the fractional variational problem by allowing the possibility that the lower bound in the fractional derivative does not coincide with the lower bound of the integral that is minimized. Also, for the standard case when these…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Teodor M. Atanackovic , Sanja Konjik , Stevan Pilipovic

The article concerns the problem if a~given system of differential equations is identical with the Euler--Lagrange system of an~appropriate variational integral. Elementary approach is applied. The main results involve the determination of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Veronika Chrastinova , Vaclav Tryhuk

Previously proposed quantum algorithms for solving linear systems of equations cannot be implemented in the near term due to the required circuit depth. Here, we propose a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm, called Variational Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-23 Carlos Bravo-Prieto , Ryan LaRose , M. Cerezo , Yigit Subasi , Lukasz Cincio , Patrick J. Coles

Whereas in a coordinate-dependent setting the Euler-Lagrange equations establish necessary conditions for solving variational problems in which both the integrands of functionals and the resulting paths are assumed to be sufficiently…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Gregory S. Chirikjian

We reformulate the relativistic perfect fluid system on curved space-time. Using standard variables, the velocity field $u$,energy density $\rho$ and pressure $p$, the covariant Euler-Lagrange equation is obtained from variational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Takayoshi Ootsuka , Muneyuki Ishida , Erico Tanaka , Ryoko Yahagi

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 obtain necessary optimality conditions for higher-order infinite horizon problems of the calculus of variations via discrete quantum operators.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-09-11 Natalia Martins , 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

Some classic second-order sufficient optimality conditions in the calculus of variations are shown to be equivalent, while also introducing a new equivalent second-order condition which is extremely easy to apply: simply integrate a linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-25 William W. Hager

After motivating the need of a multiscale version of fractional calculus in quantum gravity, we review current proposals and the program to be carried out in order to reach a viable definition of scale-dependent fractional operators. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 Gianluca Calcagni

In the inverse problem of the calculus of variations one is asked to find a Lagrangian and a multiplier so that a given differential equation, after multiplying with the multiplier, becomes the Euler--Lagrange equation for the Lagrangian.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Hardy Chan

This book intends to deepen the study of the fractional calculus, giving special emphasis to variable-order operators. It is organized in two parts, as follows. In the first part, we review the basic concepts of fractional calculus (Chapter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-19 Ricardo Almeida , Dina Tavares , Delfim F. M. Torres

We study dynamic minimization problems of the calculus of variations with generalized Lagrangian functionals that depend on a general linear operator $K$ and defined on bounded-time intervals. Under assumptions of regularity, convexity and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-08 Loïc Bourdin , Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

Factor-revealing linear programs (LPs) and policy-revealing LPs arise in various contexts of algorithm design and analysis. They are commonly used techniques for analyzing the performance of approximation and online algorithms, especially…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Pan Xu

We prove Euler-Lagrange type equations and transversality conditions for generalized infinite horizon problems of the calculus of variations on time scales. Here the Lagrangian depends on the independent variable, an unknown function and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-01-31 Monika Dryl , Delfim F. M. Torres

We present variational theory for optimal control over a finite time interval in quantum systems with relaxation. The corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations determining the optimal control field are derived. In our theory the optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ilia Grigorenko , Martin E. Garcia , K. H. Bennemann

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

Unlike many deterministic PDEs, stochastic equations are not amenable to the classical variational theory of Euler-Lagrange. In this paper, we show how self-dual variational calculus leads to solutions of various stochastic partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-08 Shirin Boroushaki , Nassif Ghoussoub

We define and study a new type of quantum oracle, the quantum conditional oracle, which provides oracle access to the conditional probabilities associated with an underlying distribution. Amongst other properties, we (a) obtain speed-ups…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Imdad S. B. Sardharwalla , Sergii Strelchuk , Richard Jozsa