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A General Backwards Calculus of Variations via Duality

Optimization and Control 2011-09-27 v1

Abstract

We prove Euler-Lagrange and natural boundary necessary optimality conditions for problems of the calculus of variations which are given by a composition of nabla integrals on an arbitrary time scale. As an application, we get optimality conditions for the product and the quotient of nabla variational functionals.

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@article{arxiv.1007.1679,
  title  = {A General Backwards Calculus of Variations via Duality},
  author = {Agnieszka B. Malinowska and Delfim F. M. Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1679},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Submitted to Optimization Letters 03-June-2010; revised 01-July-2010; accepted for publication 08-July-2010

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