TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Euler equation for minimal geodesics on Riemannian manifolds having discontinuous metrics
AU - Antonacci, Flavia
AU - Degiovanni, Marco
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We provide a qualitative description of curves minimizing the energy functional on a Riemannian manifold whose metric is discontinuous along a hypersurface Sigma. Such a study is motivated by the variational description of refraction phenomena.
AB - We provide a qualitative description of curves minimizing the energy functional on a Riemannian manifold whose metric is discontinuous along a hypersurface Sigma. Such a study is motivated by the variational description of refraction phenomena.
KW - Calcolo delle variazioni
KW - Calculus of variations
KW - Differential equations
KW - Equazioni differenziali
KW - Calcolo delle variazioni
KW - Calculus of variations
KW - Differential equations
KW - Equazioni differenziali
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/5133
UR - http://aimsciences.org/journals/home.jsp?journalid=1
M3 - Article
SN - 1078-0947
VL - 15
SP - 833
EP - 842
JO - Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
JF - Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
ER -