Second-order sufficient optimality conditions in the calculus of variations
Abstract
Some classic second-order sufficient optimality conditions in the calculus of variations are shown to be equivalent, while also introducing a new equivalent second-order condition which is extremely easy to apply: simply integrate a linear second-order initial value problem and check that the solution is positive over the problem domain.
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