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Homogeneous variational problems: a minicourse
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A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension $m$. In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a geometric point of view.
A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension $m$. In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a geometric point of view.
Classification : 35A15, 58A10, 58A20
Keywords: calculus of variations; parametric problems 
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Saunders, David J. Homogeneous variational problems: a minicourse. Communications in Mathematics, Tome 19 (2011) no. 2, pp. 91-128. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/COMIM_2011_19_2_a1/

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