TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weinstock, Robert 
TI  - Calculus of variations, with applications to physics and engineering
SN  - 9780486630694
U1  - 515.64 
PY  - 1974///]
CY  - New York: 
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Calculus of variations
N1  - 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
N2  - 	
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
ER  -