The variational approach to nonlinear evolution equations

Viorel Barbu

Buletinul Academiei de Ştiinţe a Republicii Moldova. Matematica, no. 2 (2011), pp. 89-101.

Résumé

In this paper, we present a few recent existence results via variational approach for the Cauchy problem $$ \frac{dy}{dt}(t)+A(t)y(t)\ni f(t),\quad y(0)=y_0,\qquad t\in[0,T], $$ where $A(t):V\to V^{\prime }$ is a nonlinear maximal monotone operator of subgradient type in a dual pair $(V,V^{\prime })$ of reflexive Banach spaces. In this case, the above Cauchy problem reduces to a convex optimization problem via Brezis–Ekeland device and this fact has some relevant implications in existence theory of infinite-dimensional stochastic differential equations.

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