The geometric minimum action method: A least action principle on the space of curves

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1052-1117

  Heymann, Matthias ^a   Vanden Eijnden, Eric ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49449085444     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20238     Document Type: Article

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