Collection of problems proposed at International Conference on Variational Methods

Abstract

This collection of problems is based on the Problem Section held on May 24, 2007 during the International Conference on Variational Methods. These problems reflect various aspects of variational methods and are due to Professors Victor Bangert, Alain Chenciner, Ivar Ekeland, Nassif Ghoussoub, Zhaoli Liu, Paul Rabinowitz and Hans-Bert Rademacher.

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