printlogo
http://www.ethz.ch/index_EN
Department of Mathematics
 
print
  

Calculus of Variations

Please note that this page is old.
Check in the VVZ for a current information.
Professor Prof. Michael Struwe
Assistant Manuela Gehrig
Lectures Mon. 10–12
Thu. 10–12
HG G 43
HG G 43
Exercise classes Mon. 13–15
Wed. 15–17
HG D 5.2
HG E 1.1

Lectures begin: Monday, 22 September, 10:15, HG G 43
Exercises begin: Monday, 22 September or Thursday, 24 September 2014

Oral exam: 30 min.

Exercises: Details of the exercises can be found here.

Please realize that the lecture starts in the second week of semester, at 22 September.

Contents

Variational principles, Euler-Lagrange equation, existence of minimizers and/or saddle points, Palais-Smale condition, pseudo-gradient-flow, minimax-principles, applications to partial differential equations.

References

 

Wichtiger Hinweis:
Diese Website wird in älteren Versionen von Netscape ohne graphische Elemente dargestellt. Die Funktionalität der Website ist aber trotzdem gewährleistet. Wenn Sie diese Website regelmässig benutzen, empfehlen wir Ihnen, auf Ihrem Computer einen aktuellen Browser zu installieren. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf
folgender Seite.

Important Note:
The content in this site is accessible to any browser or Internet device, however, some graphics will display correctly only in the newer versions of Netscape. To get the most out of our site we suggest you upgrade to a newer browser.
More information

© 2016 Mathematics Department | Imprint | Disclaimer | 17 October 2014
top