Calculus of Variations I

by Stefan Hildebrandt and Mariano Giaquinta

This book describes the classical aspects of the variational calculus which are of interest to analysts, geometers and physicists alike. Volume 1 deals with the for- mal apparatus of the variational calculus and with nonparametric field theory, whereas Volume 2 treats parametric variational problems as well as Hamilton- Jacobi theory and the classical theory of partial differential equations of first ordel;. In a subsequent treatise we shall describe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364208074X
• ISBN13: 9783642080746
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"