An Introduction To The Calculus Of Variations
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Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
Author: Bernard Dacorogna
language: en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date: 2008-12-10
The calculus of variations is one of the oldest subjects in mathematics, yet is very much alive and is still evolving. Besides its mathematical importance and its links to other branches of mathematics, such as geometry or differential equations, it is widely used in physics, engineering, economics and biology. This book serves both as a guide to the expansive existing literature and as an aid to the non-specialist — mathematicians, physicists, engineers, students or researchers — in discovering the subject's most important problems, results and techniques. Despite the aim of addressing non-specialists, mathematical rigor has not been sacrificed; most of the theorems are either fully proved or proved under more stringent conditions. In this new edition, the chapter on regularity has been significantly expanded and 27 new exercises have been added. The book, containing a total of 103 exercises with detailed solutions, is well designed for a course at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Request Inspection Copy Contents:PreliminariesClassical MethodsDirect Methods: ExistenceDirect Methods: RegularityMinimal SurfacesIsoperimetric InequalitySolutions to the Exercises Readership: Graduate and undergraduate students in analysis and differential equations.
An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
Clear, rigorous introductory treatment covers applications to geometry, dynamics, and physics. It focuses upon problems with one independent variable, connecting abstract theory with its use in concrete problems. 1962 edition.
Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
Provides a thorough understanding of calculus of variations and prepares readers for the study of modern optimal control theory. Selected variational problems and over 400 exercises. Bibliography. 1969 edition.