An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations

An Introduction to the Calculus of VariationsAn understanding of variational methods, the source of such fundamental theorems as the principle of least action and its various generalizations, is essential to the study of mathematical physics and applied mathematics. In this highly regarded text, aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, the author develops the calculus of variations both for its own intrinsic interest and because of its wide and powerful applications

Based on a course given by the author for several years at the University of Minnesota

Assuming no further prerequisites than a first undergraduate course in real analysis

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