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020 _a9780486322582
082 _a515.64
_bGEL
100 _aGelfand, I. M.
245 _aCalculus of variations
260 _bDover Publications,
_c2020
_aMineola :
300 _avii, 232 p. ;
_bill.,
_c22 cm
365 _b450.00
_c
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aFirst 6 chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the 2 appendices.
650 _aBoundary conditions
650 _aDifferential equation
650 _aEuler equations
650 _aHamilton-Jacobi equation
650 _aQuadratic functional
650 _aTaylor's theorem
650 _aVariational problem
700 _aFomin, S. V.
700 _aSilverman, Richard A.
_etr. & ed.
942 _2ddc
_cBK