Some variational problems arising from mathematical economics

Author(s):  
Ivar Ekeland
Author(s):  
Gerard Debreu ◽  
Werner Hildenbrand

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Kuenne

The burgeoning of abstract economic analysis since about 1950 makes the need for well-conceived consolidations and codifications at the textbook level peculiarly important. The task is a challenging one, demanding the attainment of a compromise between the "mathematics for economists" catalogues of techniques and the highly specialized and formalized "theorem-proof" sequences of the high-theory journals. It requires that skilful blend of the rigorous and the heuristic, the multidimensional and the diagrammatic, the logical and the intuitive, found in the teacher-born. Lancaster has succeeded admirably in finding the optimal mixture.


Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerio Faraoni

Several classic one-dimensional problems of variational calculus originating in non-relativistic particle mechanics have solutions that are analogues of spatially homogeneous and isotropic universes. They are ruled by an equation which is formally a Friedmann equation for a suitable cosmic fluid. These problems are revisited and their cosmic analogues are pointed out. Some correspond to the main solutions of cosmology, while others are analogous to exotic cosmologies with phantom fluids and finite future singularities.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 1665
Author(s):  
Fátima Cruz ◽  
Ricardo Almeida ◽  
Natália Martins

In this work, we study variational problems with time delay and higher-order distributed-order fractional derivatives dealing with a new fractional operator. This fractional derivative combines two known operators: distributed-order derivatives and derivatives with respect to another function. The main results of this paper are necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for different types of variational problems. Since we are dealing with generalized fractional derivatives, from this work, some well-known results can be obtained as particular cases.


2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350017 ◽  
Author(s):  
GÜNTHER HÖRMANN ◽  
SANJA KONJIK ◽  
LJUBICA OPARNICA

We study the initial-boundary value problem for an Euler–Bernoulli beam model with discontinuous bending stiffness laying on a viscoelastic foundation and subjected to an axial force and an external load both of Dirac-type. The corresponding model equation is a fourth-order partial differential equation and involves discontinuous and distributional coefficients as well as a distributional right-hand side. Moreover the viscoelastic foundation is of Zener-type and described by a fractional differential equation with respect to time. We show how functional analytic methods for abstract variational problems can be applied in combination with regularization techniques to prove existence and uniqueness of generalized solutions.


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