Introduction:
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Evolution models are of a paramount relevance in applications. As such they are constantly attracting the strongest attention. From the mathematical standpoint, the formulation of evolution systems in variational terms and the corresponding variational treatment have been a leading paradigm in modeling and analysis in the last decades.
The field of variational methods for evolution equations has recently witnessed an even stronger development as a number of interesting new ideas and tools are getting to the stage. Among these, we shall mention global variational principles on trajectories, gradient flows in probability spaces, and evolutionary Gamma-convergence and relaxation techniques, just a to mention a few hot topics.
The aim of the Special Session is that of bringing together the leading experts in the field in order to promote a stimulating enviroment for both the dissemination of the latest developments and the discussion of new ideas. |
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