Calculus of Variations II

by Mariano Giaquinta and Stefan Hildebrandt

This book describes the classical aspects of the variational calculus which are of interest to analysts, geometers and physicists alike. Volume 1 deals with the for- mal apparatus of the variational calculus and with nonparametric field theory, whereas Volume 2 treats parametric variational problems as weIl as Hamilton- Jacobi theory and the classical theory of partial differential equations of first order. In a subsequent treatise we shall describe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540579613
• ISBN13: 9783540579618
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 655 Pages
• Weight: 2.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"