CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
MAT/05 (MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS "FELICE CASORATI"
Course
MATHEMATICS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
Basic knowledges of functional analysis and geometric measure theory.
Learning outcomes
The goual of the course is to give an introduction to Calculus of Variations
Course contents
Program:
1) One dimensional calculus of variations with examples and applications to geodesics, brachistocrone, mechanical models. Euler Equations
2)Lower semicontinuity and convexity
3) Convex duality and application to regularity
4)Harmonic and quasi-harmonic functions. Campanato spaces and Holderian regularity
5)Infinity laplacian
6)Isoperimetric problem
7) Gamma-convergence: definitions and significative examples
4)
Teaching methods
Reccomended or required readings
G. Buttazzo, M. Giaquinta, S. Hildebrandt: “One-dimensional Variational Problems, an Introduction”.
Oxford University Press, 1998
E. Giusti: “Direct Methods in the Calculus of Variations”. World Scientific 2003.
A. Braides: “Gamma-convergence for beginners”. Oxford University Press, 2002
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030