Calculus of variations books

This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry, with emphasis on applications to other...  Read More >>

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It attempts to present a balanced view of the subject, giving some emphasis to its connections with the classical...  Read More >>

This book shows how to apply theoretical mathematical models to unravel the mechanisms involved in processes found...  Read More >>

Since their emergence in the early 1950s, ?nite element methods have become one of the most versatile and powerful...  Read More >>

We have tried to keep two types of reader in mind: (1) mathematicians, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates...  Read More >>

The articles in this volume cover recent work in the area of flow control from the point of view of both engineers...  Read More >>

The articles in this volume focus on control theory of systems governed by nonlinear linear partial differential...  Read More >>

Although the monograph Progress in Optimization I: Contributions from Aus­ tralasia grew from the idea of publishing...  Read More >>

During the past decade the interaction between control theory and linear algebra has been ever increasing, giving...  Read More >>

The basis for this book is a number of lectures given frequently by the author to third year students of the Department...  Read More >>

About 60 scientists and students attended the 96' International Conference on Nonlinear Programming, which was held...  Read More >>

Vallombrosa Center was host during the week September 7-12, 1985 to about 40 mathematicians, physical scientists,...  Read More >>

Further, the kind and level of sophistication of mathematics applied in various sciences has changed drastically...  Read More >>

However, the modeling and control of technology lifetime under technical change has received rather little attention...  Read More >>

""Generalized Solutions of Operator Equations and Extreme Elements"" presents recently obtained results in the study...  Read More >>

The fifth mini-conference Optimization Days was held at the Centre for Ap­ plied Dynamics and Optimization (CADO),...  Read More >>

'Et moi ...~ si j'avait su comment en revenir. One service mathematics has rendered thl je n'y serais point aile:...  Read More >>

In recent years many researchers in material science have focused their attention on the study of composite materials,...  Read More >>

As any human activity needs goals, mathematical research needs problems -David Hilbert Mechanics is the paradise...  Read More >>

They include: fixed point methods (the Schauder and Leray-Schauder principles), variational methods (direct variational...  Read More >>

Indeed, the basic description of a plan generation algorithm has remained constant for nearly three decades: given...  Read More >>

The papers collected here provide an overview of recent Russian research in topics such as analysis of algorithms,...  Read More >>

This distinguishes it from the theory of nonlinear contraction semigroups whose basis is a nonlinear version of...  Read More >>

In addition, Kalman's work led to a multitude of books and papers on minimum vari­ ance estimation in dynamical...  Read More >>