Entropy regularization for weak KAM theory
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Wed, 15/06/2011 13:30 |
Lawrence C Evans (University of California) |
OxPDE Special Seminar  |
Gibson 1st Floor SR |
| I will discuss two of my papers that develop PDE methods for weak KAM theory, in the context of a singular variational problem that can be interpreted as a regularization of Mather's variational principle by an entropy term. This is, sort of, a statistical mechanics approach to the problem. I will show how the Euler-Lagrange PDE yield approximate changes to action-angle variables for the corresponding Hamiltonian dynamics. | |||