Hamilton-Jacobi Equations and Distance Functions on Riemannian Manifolds

Applied Mathematics and Optimization

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Mantegazza, Carlo ^a   Mennucci, Andrea Carlo ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cut locus; Geodesic; Hamilton Jacobi equation; Semiconcavity; Viscosity solution

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATIONS; RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLDS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0348134603     PISSN: 00954616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00245-002-0736-4     Document Type: Article

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