Calculus of Variations Contributor(s): Gelfand, I. M. (Author), Fomin, S. V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486414485 ISBN-13: 9780486414485 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: First 6 chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the 2 appendices. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Calculus - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
Dewey: 515.64 |
LCCN: 00057099 |
Series: Dover Books on Mathematics |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.35" W x 8.48" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on a series of lectures given by I. M. Gelfand at Moscow State University, this book actually goes considerably beyond the material presented in the lectures. The aim is to give a treatment of the elements of the calculus of variations in a form both easily understandable and sufficiently modern. Considerable attention is devoted to physical applications of variational methods, e.g., canonical equations, variational principles of mechanics, and conservation laws. |