The conference will be streamed on this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_2erg1XFjQ&feature=youtu.be


VENUE: Budinich Lecture Hall
TODAY AT 4PM
Speaker: Gianni Dal Maso, SISSA



ABSTRACT
The calculus of variations deals with a wide class of minimum problems. In the seminar some of the classical necessary and sufficient conditions for minimality will be presented, together with a selection of classical examples. The modern approach to the problem of the existence of minimizers will be discussed. A quick description of some recent applications to fracture mechanics will conclude the presentation.