Minimax methods in critical point theory with applications to differential equations

Author(s)

• Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
• Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Regional Conference
• Rabinowitz, Paul H.

Bibliographic Information

Minimax methods in critical point theory with applications to differential equations

Paul H. Rabinowitz

（Regional conference series in mathematics, no. 65）

Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences by the American Mathematical Society, c1986

• : pbk. : alk. paper

Note

"Expository lectures from the CBMS Regional Conference held at the University of Miami, January 9-13, 1984"--T.p. verso

"Supported by the National Science Foundation."

Bibliography: p. 96-100

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The book provides an introduction to minimax methods in critical point theory and shows their use in existence questions for nonlinear differential equations. An expanded version of the author's 1984 CBMS lectures, this volume is the first monograph devoted solely to these topics. Among the abstract questions considered are the following: the mountain pass and saddle point theorems, multiple critical points for functionals invariant under a group of symmetries, perturbations from symmetry, and variational methods in bifurcation theory. The book requires some background in functional analysis and differential equations, especially elliptic partial differential equations. It is addressed to mathematicians interested in differential equations and/or nonlinear functional analysis, particularly critical point theory.

Table of Contents

An overview The mountain pass theorem and some applications Some variants of the mountain pass theorem The saddle point theorem Some generalizations of the mountain pass theorem Applications to Hamiltonian systems Functionals with symmetries and index theorems Multiple critical points of symmetric functionals: problems with constraints Multiple critical points of symmetric functionals: the unconstrained case Pertubations from symmetry Variational methods in bifurcation theory.

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Details

• NCID: BA00651148
• ISBN:
  • 0821807153
• LCCN: 86007847
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Providence, R.I.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 100 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 413.6
  • LCC : QA1
  • LCC : QA614.7
  • DC19 : 510 s
  • DC19 : 515.3/3
  • NDC8 : 413.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Critical point theory (Mathematical analysis) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Maxima and minima -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Differential equations, Elliptic -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0000944X