Least Squares Approximation of Flatness on Riemannian Manifolds

Iulia Hirica, Constantin Udriste, Gabriel Pripoae, Ionel Tevy
2020 Mathematics  
The purpose of this paper is fourfold: (i) to introduce and study the Euler–Lagrange prolongations of flatness PDEs solutions (best approximation of flatness) via associated least squares Lagrangian densities and integral functionals on Riemannian manifolds; (ii) to analyze some decomposable multivariate dynamics represented by Euler–Lagrange PDEs of least squares Lagrangians generated by flatness PDEs and Riemannian metrics; (iii) to give examples of explicit flat extremals and non-flat
more » ... mations; (iv) to find some relations between geometric least squares Lagrangian densities.
doi:10.3390/math8101757 fatcat:oih7324z3fannju5xgmppqhl3q