id: 06023886 dt: j an: 06023886 au: Squassina, Marco ti: Symmetry in variational principles and applications. so: J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 85, No. 2, 323-348 (2012). py: 2012 pu: London Mathematical Society, London; Oxford University Press, Oxford la: EN cc: ut: nonsmooth critical point theory; Palais-Smale sequences ci: li: doi:10.1112/jlms/jdr046 ab: Summary: We formulate symmetric versions of classical variational principles. Within the framework of nonsmooth critical point theory, we detect Palais-Smale sequences with additional second-order and symmetry information. We discuss applications to partial differential equations, fixed point theory and geometric analysis. rv: