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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 give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations by considering variational functionals with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo fractional derivative and the classical derivative. Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove Euler-Lagrange and natural boundary necessary optimality conditions for fractional problems of the calculus of variations which are given by a composition of functionals. Our approach uses the recent notions of Riemann-Liouville…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-20 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Moulay Rchid Sidi Ammi , 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

The fundamental problem of calculus of variations is considered when solutions are differentiable curves on locally convex spaces. Such problems admit an extension of the Euler-Lagrange equations [Orlov 2002] for continuously normally…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-03-13 Eugenio A. M. Rocha , 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

We review some recent results of the fractional variational calculus. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for functionals with a Lagrangian containing left and right Caputo derivatives are given. Several problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-29 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , 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 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

The study of fractional variational problems in terms of a combined fractional Caputo derivative is introduced. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the basic, isoperimetric, and Lagrange variational problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-16 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We establish necessary optimality conditions for variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo derivative of variable fractional order. The endpoint of the integral is free, and thus transversality conditions are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-30 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce three types of partial fractional operators of variable order. An integration by parts formula for partial fractional integrals of variable order and an extension of Green's theorem are proved. These results allow us to obtain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-12 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

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

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

We study integrals of the form $\int_{\Omega}f\left( d\omega\right)$, where $1\leq k\leq n$, $f:\Lambda^{k}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is continuous and $\omega$ is a $\left(k-1\right)$-form. We introduce the appropriate notions of convexity,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Saugata Bandyopadhyay , Bernard Dacorogna , Swarnendu Sil

In calculus of variations on general time scales, an integral Euler-Lagrange equation is usually derived in order to characterize the critical points of non shifted Lagrangian functionals, see e.g. [R.A.C. Ferreira and co-authors,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Loïc Bourdin

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

We develop the calculus of variations on time scales for a functional that is the composition of a certain scalar function with the delta and nabla integrals of a vector valued field. Euler-Lagrange equations, transversality conditions, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-13 Monika Dryl , Delfim F. M. Torres

If a Lagrangian defining a variational problem has order $k$ then its Euler-Lagrange equations generically have order $2k$. This paper considers the case where the Euler-Lagrange equations have order strictly less than $2k$, and shows that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-28 David Saunders