Calculus of variations, with applications to physics and engineering.

Weinstock, Robert

Calculus of variations, with applications to physics and engineering. - 1st - New York: Dover Publications, [1974]. - x, 326 pages: illustrations;

Bibliography & Index

Piecewise continuity --
Piecewise differentiability --
Basic lemma --
Statement and formulation of several problems --
Euler-lagrange equation --
Isoperimetric problems --
Geometrical optics, fermat's principle --
Dynamics of particles --
Two independent variables, the vibrating string --
The sturm-liouville eigenvalue-eigenfunction problem --
Theory of elasticity --
Quantum mechanics --
Electrostatics


This book by Robert Weinstock was written to fill the need for a basic introduction to the calculus of variations. Simply and easily written, with an emphasis on the applications of this calculus, it has long been a standard reference of physicists, engineers and applied mathematicians.

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Calculus of variations.

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