The celebrated Brezis-Ekeland principle [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. A-B, 282 (1976), pp. Ai, A1197-A1198, Aii, and A971-A974] characterizes trajectories of nonautonomous gradient flows of convex functionals as solutions to suitable minimization problems. This note extends this characterization to doubly nonlinear evolution equations driven by convex potentials. The characterization is exploited in order to establish approximation results for gradient flows, doubly nonlinear equations, and rate-independent evolutions. Key words. Brezis-Ekeland principle, gradient flow, doubly
The Brezis-Ekeland principle for doubly nonlinear equations
Stefanelli U
2008
Abstract
The celebrated Brezis-Ekeland principle [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. A-B, 282 (1976), pp. Ai, A1197-A1198, Aii, and A971-A974] characterizes trajectories of nonautonomous gradient flows of convex functionals as solutions to suitable minimization problems. This note extends this characterization to doubly nonlinear evolution equations driven by convex potentials. The characterization is exploited in order to establish approximation results for gradient flows, doubly nonlinear equations, and rate-independent evolutions. Key words. Brezis-Ekeland principle, gradient flow, doublyFile in questo prodotto:
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