1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002949619707536

Autore

Heymann, Matthias

Titolo

Minimum action curves in degenerate Finsler metrics [e-book] : existence and properties / Matthias Heymann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, 2015

ISBN

9783319177533

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 184 pages)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 1617-9692 ; 2134

Classificazione

AMS 49-02

AMS 49J45

AMS 53C60

AMS 60F10

LC QA689.H49

Disciplina

516.375

Soggetti

Finsler spaces

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a study of geometric action functionals (i.e., non-negative functionals on the space of unparameterized oriented rectifiable curves), this monograph focuses on the subclass of those functionals whose local action is a degenerate type of Finsler metric that may vanish in certain directions, allowing for curves with positive Euclidean length but with zero action. For such functionals, criteria are developed under which there exists a minimum action curve leading from one given set to another. Then the properties of this curve are studied, and the non-existence of minimizers is established in some settings. Applied to a geometric reformulation of the quasipotential of Wentzell-Freidlin theory (a subfield of large deviation theory), these results can yield the existence and properties of maximum likelihood transition curves between two metastable states in a stochastic process with small noise. The book assumes only standard knowledge in graduate-level analysis; all higher-level mathematical concepts are introduced along the way.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703998503321

Titolo

Assessing green building performance: a post occupancy evaluation of 12 GSA buildings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : GSA Public Buildings Service, Office of Applied Science, Applied Research, , 2008

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations

Soggetti

Sustainable buildings - United States

Sustainable buildings - Economic aspects - United States

Buildings - Energy conservation - United States

Buildings - Energy conservation

Sustainable buildings

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"June 2008"--Page 2 of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 19).