Morse theory and the calculus of variations
Abstract We prove for the first time that classical Morse theory applies to functionals of the form 𝒥 ( u ) = 1 2 ∫ Ω A α β i j ( x ) ∂ u i ∂ x α ∂ u j ∂ x β 𝑑 x + ∫ Ω G ( x , u ) 𝑑 x \displaystyle\mathcal{J}(u)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}A^{ij}_{\alpha\beta}(x)% \frac{\partial u^{i}}{\partial x^{\alpha}}\frac{\partial u^{j}}{\partial x^{% \beta}}\,dx+\int_{\Omega}G(x,u)\,dx where u : Ω → ℝ N {u:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^{N}} , Ω ⊂ ℝ n {\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}} compact with C ∞ {C^{\infty}} boundary ∂ Ω {\partial\Omega} , u | ∂ Ω = φ {u|_{\partial\Omega}=\varphi} , and we argue that this is the largest class to which Morse theory applies.
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