Calculus of Variations I / Edition 1

by Mariano Giaquinta, Stefan Hildebrandt

Overview

This two-volume treatise is a standard reference in the field. It pays special attention to the historical aspects and the origins partly in applied problems—such as those of geometric optics—of parts of the theory. It contains an introduction to each chapter, section, and subsection and an overview of the relevant literature in the footnotes and bibliography. It also includes an index of the examples used throughout the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642080746
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/03/2010
Series:	Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften , #310
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
Pages:	474
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

of Calculus of Variations I.- 1. The First Variation.- 2. Variational Problems with Subsidiary Conditions.- 3. General Variational Formulas.- 4. Second Variation, Excess Function, Convexity.- 5. Weak Minimizers and Jacobi Theory.- 6. Weierstrass Field Theory for One-Dimensional Integrals and Strong Minimizers.- Supplement. Some Facts from Differential Geometry and Analysis.- 1. Euclidean Spaces.- 2. Some Function Classes.- 3. Vector and Covector Fields. Transformation Rules.- 4. Differential Forms.- 6. Mean Curvature and Gauss Curvature.