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Critical point theory deals with variational problems and so it can be argued that it is as old as calculus. Nevertheless, in its modern form, critical point theory has its roots in the so-called “Dirichlet principle”.
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence
Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832)
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Papageorgiou, N.S., Rădulescu, V.D., Repovš, D.D. (2019). Critical Point Theory. In: Nonlinear Analysis - Theory and Methods. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03430-6_5
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