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An evolutionary vector-valued variational inequality and Lagrange multiplier

Analysis of PDEs 2025-04-29 v1

Abstract

We prove existence and uniqueness of solution of an evolutionary vector-valued variational inequality defined in the convex set of vector valued functions v\boldsymbol v subject to the constraint v1|\boldsymbol v|\le1. We show that we can write the variational inequality as a system of equations on the unknowns (λ,u)(\lambda,\boldsymbol u), where λ\lambda is a (unique) Lagrange multiplier belonging to LpL^p and u\boldsymbol u solves the variational inequality. Given data (fn,un0)(\boldsymbol f_n,\boldsymbol u_{n0}) converging to (f,u0)(\boldsymbol f,\boldsymbol u_0) in L(QT)×H01(Ω)\boldsymbol L^\infty(Q_T)\times H^1_0(\Omega), we prove the convergence of the solutions (λn,un)(\lambda_n,\boldsymbol u_n) of the Lagrange multiplier problem to the solution of the limit problem, when we let nn\rightarrow \infty.

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@article{arxiv.2504.19156,
  title  = {An evolutionary vector-valued variational inequality and Lagrange multiplier},
  author = {Davide Azevedo and Lisa Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19156},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages

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