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Inserted: 11 sep 2026
Last Updated: 11 sep 2026

Year: 2026

Abstract:

Based on a variational characterization of the local slope of a functional, we extend the celebrated Brezis-Ekeland-Nayroles null-minimization principle to curves of maximal slope in metric spaces. In the time continuous setting, we check that the ensuing global-in-time functionals admit minimizers.

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