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Nonlinear discrete calculus of variations problems with variable endpoints and with equality type constraints on trajectories are considered. We derive new nontrivial first- and second-order necessary optimality conditions.
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Marinković, B. Optimality conditions for discrete calculus of variations problems. Optimization Letters 2, 309–318 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-007-0059-0
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