Cartesian Currents in the Calculus of Variations II: Variational Integrals

by Mariano Giaquinta, Jiri Soucek, Guiseppe Modica

Non-scalar variational problems appear in different fields. In geometry, for in- stance, we encounter the basic problems of harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds and of minimal immersions; related questions appear in physics, for example in the classical theory of a-models. Non linear elasticity is another example in continuum mechanics, while Oseen-Frank theory of liquid crystals and Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity require to treat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642083757
• ISBN13: 9783642083754
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"