Some applications of the  Łojasiewicz  gradient inequality

Alain Haraux

doi:10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2417

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2012, Volume 11, Issue 6: 2417-2427. Doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2417

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Some applications of the Łojasiewicz gradient inequality

Alain Haraux^1,

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UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7598, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, F-75005, Paris

Received: September 30, 2010

Revised: October 31, 2010

Published: October 2012

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In the present survey paper, basic convergence results for gradient-like systems relying on the Łojasiewicz gradient inequality are recalled in a self-contained way. A uniform version of the gradient inequality is used to get directly convergence and the rate of convergence in one step and a new technical trick, consisting in the evaluation of the integral of the velocity norm from $t$ to $2t$ is introduced. A short idea of the state of the art without technical details is also given.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: 34D05, 34D20, 34G20, 37B25, 37L15.

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