Calculus of Variations
by Erich Miersemann
Publisher: Leipzig University 2012
Number of pages: 195
Description:
These lecture notes are intended as a straightforward introduction to the calculus of variations which can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The text covers functions of n variables and ordinary differential equations.
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