Multiple solutions to non-convex variational problems with implications for phase transitions and numerical computation

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-522

  Gao, D Y ^a   Ogden, R W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LOADING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TOPOLOGY;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; ANALYTIC; COMPLETE SETS; DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DUALITY THEORIES; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; GLOBAL ENERGIES; LOADING DEVICES; LOCAL ENERGIES; MIXED BOUNDARIES; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITIES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ORDER POLYNOMIALS; SMOOTH SOLUTIONS; VALUE PROBLEMS; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 54949112898     PISSN: 00335614     EISSN: 14643855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/hbn014     Document Type: Article

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