On the regularity of holonomically constrained minimisers in the calculus of variations

This thesis concerns the regularity of holonomic minimisers of variational integrals in the context of direct methods in the calculus of variations. Specifically, we consider Sobolev mappings from a bounded domain into a connected compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, to which such mappings...

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Main Author: Hopper, CP
Other Authors: Kristensen, J
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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