Optimality conditions for the calculus of variations with higher-order delta derivatives
arXiv:1008.1504 · doi:10.1016/j.aml.2010.08.023
Abstract
We prove the Euler-Lagrange delta-differential equations for problems of the calculus of variations on arbitrary time scales with delta-integral functionals depending on higher-order delta derivatives.
Submitted 26/Jul/2009; Revised 04/Aug/2010; Accepted 09/Aug/2010; for publication in "Applied Mathematics Letters"
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