When does there exist an optimal generating Lagrangian multi-plier vector (that generates an optimal solution of an integer programming problem in a Lagrangian relaxation formulation), and in cases of nonexistence, can we produce the existence in some other equivalent representation space? Under what conditions does there exist an optimal primal-dual pair in integer programming? This paper cons...

A Lorentz-covariant regularization scheme for effective field theories with an arbitrary number of propagating heavy and light particles is given. This regularization scheme leaves the low-energy analytic structure of Greens functions intact and preserves all the symmetries of the underlying Lagrangian. The power divergences of regularized loop integrals are controlled by the low-energy kinemat...

A model is developed that predicts the motion and growth of oxide inclusions during pouring, as well as their final locations on the surface of steel sand castings. Inclusions originate on the melt free surface, and their subsequent growth is controlled by oxygen transfer from the atmosphere. Inclusion motion is modeled in a Lagrangian sense, taking into account drag and buoyancy forces. The in...

A controlled Lagrangian approach is presented for the stabilization of an inverted pendulum mounted on a cart. The stabilization strategy consists in forcing the closed-loop system to behave as an Euler-Lagrange system, with a fixed inertia matrix. For carrying it out, it is necessary to adequately shape the potential and kinetic energies of the closed-loop system. The idea behind this procedur...

In this article we explore to what extend the techniques of Piunikhin, Salamon and Schwarz in [PSS96] can be carried over to Lagrangian Floer homology. In [PSS96] the authors establish an isomorphism between Hamiltonian Floer homology and singular homology of the underlying symplectic manifold. In general, Lagrangian Floer homology is not isomorphic to the singular homology of the Lagrangian su...

This paper deals with the Lagrangian analogue of symplectic or point reduction by stages. We develop Routh reduction as a reduction technique that preserves the Lagrangian nature of the dynamics. To do so we heavily rely on the relation between Routh reduction and cotangent symplectic reduction. The main results in this paper are: (i) we develop a class of so called magnetic Lagrangian systems ...