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Calculus of variations on time scales with nabla derivatives

✍ Scribed by Natália Martins; Delfim F.M. Torres

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
327 KB
Volume
71
Category
Article
ISSN
0362-546X

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✦ Synopsis

We prove a necessary optimality condition of the Euler-Lagrange type for variational problems on time scales involving nabla derivatives of higher order. The proof is done using a new and more general fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations on time scales.

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