Existence of optimal maps in the reflector-type problems

ESAIM - Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-106

  Gangbo, Wilfrid ^a   Oliker, Vladimir ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transport; Monge ampere equation; Reflector problem

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MASS TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DISJOINT SUPPORTS; HAUSSDORFF MEASURE; MONGE-AMPERE EQUATION; REFLECTOR PROBLEM;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947108877     PISSN: 12928119     EISSN: 12623377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/cocv:2006017     Document Type: Article

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