Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 279 pages
- Published by: Dover Publications November 1, 1987
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0486654990
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486654997
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Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 11.4 ounces
Product Description
Highly regarded graduate-level text introduces ideas and techniques of this important mathematical topic. Includes 1st and 2nd variations of an integral, generalizations, isoperimetrical problems, least action, special relativity, Rayleigh-Ritz method, elasticity, variable end points, strong variations, more. Many illustrative examples. References. Index.
Reader Reviews
Good books on the calculus of variations are not thick on the ground, and this one is pretty good. It is organised around explicating Hamiltonian mechanics, but with mathematical rigor and clarity. Why not 5 stars then? Some proofs skip a lot of steps. There are not a lot of examples. The typesetting is from 509 years ago, with equations and so on in the text not on a separate line. There are few diagrams. If your interest is in physics this is a FAR better book to choose than Sagan.
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