Speaker
Prof.
Ivar Ekeland
(CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris-Sciences-Lettres)
Description
I will introduce a class of optimisation problems in the calculus of variations arising from economic theory, and I will show why the optimal solution makes no sense. A new concept of solution must be introduced, leading to an implicit ODE in the sense of Thom.
Primary author
Prof.
Ivar Ekeland
(CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris-Sciences-Lettres)
