Calculus of Variations

By N.I. Akhiezer

Book Overview

An authoritative text on the calculus of variations for first-year graduate students. From a study of the simplest problem it goes on to cover Lagrangian derivatives, Jacobi's condition, and field theory. Devotes considerable attention to direct methods and the Sturm-Liouville problem in a finite interval. Contains numerous interesting and challenging exercises plus five appendices on important results, generalizations, and applications of the material,

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3718648059
• ISBN13: 9783718648054
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 280 Pages