TY - BOOK AU - Jabri,Youssef TI - The mountain pass theorem: variants, generalizations, and some applications T2 - Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications SN - 9780511546655 (ebook) AV - QA614.7 .J33 2003 U1 - 515/.64 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mountain pass theorem KW - Critical point theory (Mathematical analysis) KW - Hamiltonian systems KW - Variational principles KW - Variational inequalities (Mathematics) KW - Maxima and minima KW - Nonsmooth optimization N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - This 2003 book presents min-max methods through a study of the different faces of the celebrated Mountain Pass Theorem (MPT) of Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz. The reader is led from the most accessible results to the forefront of the theory, and at each step in this walk between the hills, the author presents the extensions and variants of the MPT in a complete and unified way. Coverage includes standard topics, but it also covers other topics covered nowhere else in book form: the non-smooth MPT; the geometrically constrained MPT; numerical approaches to the MPT; and even more exotic variants. Each chapter has a section with supplementary comments and bibliographical notes, and there is a rich bibliography and a detailed index to aid the reader. The book is suitable for researchers and graduate students. Nevertheless, the style and the choice of the material make it accessible to all newcomers to the field UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546655 ER -