Calculus of Variations

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
• Published by: Dover Publications October 16, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0486414485
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486414485
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 8.8 ounces

Product Description
First six 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 two appendices. Fresh, lively text is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in math and physics.


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

Reader Reviews
I used this book for a first year grad course in the calculus of variations some years ago. I found the book to be clear and pretty readable. I found the problem sets to be quite workable and covered the material well. I liked the fact that there were answers to many of them. The book is more rigourous than the treatments of this subjects found in math methods books like arfken but it is not highly abstract. (a style found in many math books at this level, and more difficult for me, not a professional mathematician, but a scientist) In fact I have found this quality to be a characteristic of most of the russian applied mathematics books translated by Richard Silverman, many of which are now published by Dover. This practical, clear, and rigourous approach of these books is excellent and I think almost all of these books on Dover have found their way onto my shelves.