Coupled intervals in the discrete calculus of variations: Necessity and sufficiency

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 396-421

  Hilscher, Roman ^a   Zeidan, Vera ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate interval; Coupled interval; Discrete calculus of variations; Discrete quadratic functional; Jacobi difference equation; Legendre condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036948330     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(02)00495-X     Document Type: Article

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