 Dirichlet energy on a Riemannian manifold

For a function $u$ on a compact Riemannian manifold, its Dirichlet energy is $\frac{1}{2}{\int }_M|\nabla u{|}_g^{2}d{\mathrm{vol}}_g$. Adding a linear source term $-{\int }_{M}fud{\mathrm{vol}}_g$ gives Euler-Lagrange equation $-{\Delta }_{g}u=f$.

For a scalar function $u$ on a Riemannian manifold, the Dirichlet energy is $E(u)=\frac{1}{2}{\int }_M|\nabla u{|}_g^{2}d{\mathrm{vol}}_g$.