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Calculus of variations, with applications to physics and engineering.

By: Weinstock, RobertMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Dover Publications, [1974]Edition: 1stDescription: x, 326 pages: illustrationsISBN: 9780486630694; 0486630692 Subject(s): Calculus of variationsDDC classification: 515.64

Contents:

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

Summary: 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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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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