We provide a general method for proving existence of solutions of suitable perturbations of certain variational problems. A novel variational principle enables perturbing only the integrand, thus preserving the form of the problem.

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Milen Ivanov

Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

milen@fmi.uni-sofia.bg

Nadia Zlateva

Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

zlateva@fmi.uni-sofia.bg
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M. Ivanov, N. Zlateva. “Perturbation Method for Variational Problems.” Journal of Convex Analysis 19 (2012), No. 4, 1033–1042. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca19055