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On the variational principle

Ivar Ekeland
- 01 Aug 1974 - 
- Vol. 47, Iss: 2, pp 324-353
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The variational principle states that if a differentiable function F has a finite lower bound (although it need not attain it), then, for every E > 0, there exists some point u( where 11 F'(uJj* < l, i.e., its derivative can be made arbitrarily small as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.The article was published on 1974-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2105 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Differentiable function & Variational principle.

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