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082			_a515.64 _bGEL
100			_aGelfand, I.M.
245			_aCalculus of Variations
260			_aMineola, N.Y. : _bDover Publications, _c2000.
300			_avii, 232 pages : _billustrations ;
500			_aBibliography & Index
520			_a 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.
650			_aCalculus of variations.
700			_aFomin, S.V.
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