hemivariational

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hemi- +‎ variational

Adjective[edit]

hemivariational (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.
    • 2015, Nina Ovcharova, Lothar Banz, “On the coupling of regularization techniques and the boundary element method for a hemivariational inequality modelling a delamination problem”, in arXiv[1]:
      The variational formulation of this problem leads to hemivariational inequality with a nonsmooth functional defined on the contact boundary.