Semigeodesics and the minimal time function

Chadi Nour

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2005)

  • Volume: 12, Issue: 1, page 120-138
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We study the Hamilton-Jacobi equation of the minimal time function in a domain which contains the target set. We generalize the results of Clarke and Nour [J. Convex Anal., 2004], where the target set is taken to be a single point. As an application, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions to eikonal equations.

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Nour, Chadi. "Semigeodesics and the minimal time function." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 12.1 (2005): 120-138. <http://eudml.org/doc/90784>.

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