Nonnegativity and positivity of quadratic functionals in discrete calculus of variations: Survey

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 857-875

  Hilscher, Roman ^a,b   Zeidan, Vera ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Discrete quadratic functional; Euler Lagrange difference equation; Linear Hamiltonian difference system; Nonnegativity; Positivity; Second variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344489504     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190500137454     Document Type: Review

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