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Calculus of Variations

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000.Description: vii, 232 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780486414485
  • 0486414485
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 515.64 GEL
Summary: 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.
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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.

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