The Calculus of Variations

The Calculus of Variations by Bruce van Brunt.

The calculus of variations has a long history of interaction with other branches of mathematics such as geometry and differential equations, and with physics, particularly mechanics. More recently, the calculus of variations has found applications in other fields such as economics and electrical eng...

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Main Author: van Brunt, Bruce (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Universitext,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Calculus of variations.
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Table of Contents:
  • The First Variation
  • Some Generalizations
  • Isoperimetric Problems
  • Applications to Eigenvalue Problems
  • Holonomic and Nonholonomic Constraints
  • Problems with Variable Endpoints
  • The Hamiltonian Formulation
  • Noether’s Theorem
  • The Second Variation.

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