The Early Period of the Calculus of Variations

by Mariano Giaquinta and Paolo Freguglia

Book Overview

This monograph explores the early development of the calculus of variations in continental Europe during the Eighteenth Century by illustrating the mathematics of its founders. Closely following the original papers and correspondences of Euler, Lagrange, the Bernoullis, and others, the reader is immersed in the challenge of theory building. We see what the founders were doing, the difficulties they faced, the mistakes they made, and their triumphs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319817795
• ISBN13: 9783319817798
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"