Necessary optimality conditions for fractional difference problems of the calculus of variations

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-437

  Bastos, Nuno R O ^a   Ferreira, Rui A C ^b   Torres, Delfim F M ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Euler Lagrange equation; Fractional difference calculus; Fractional summation by parts; Legendre necessary condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651241495     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2011.29.417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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