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,
- ISBN10 3718648059
- ISBN13 9783718648054
- Publish Date 1 January 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 August 2021
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Harwood-Academic Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English