Homogeneous variational problems: a minicourse

David J. Saunders

Communications in Mathematics (2011)

  • Volume: 19, Issue: 2, page 91-128
  • ISSN: 1804-1388

Abstract

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A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension m . In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a geometric point of view.

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Saunders, David J.. "Homogeneous variational problems: a minicourse." Communications in Mathematics 19.2 (2011): 91-128. <http://eudml.org/doc/246199>.

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