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Author:   Mariano Giaquinta ,  Stefan Hildebrandt
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   311
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.033kg
ISBN:  

9783642081927

ISBN 10:   3642081924
Pages:   655
Publication Date:   05 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS I - The Lagrangian Formalism: Part I: The First Variation and Necessary Conditions: The First Variation; Variational Problems with Subsidiary Conditions; General Variational Formulas.- Part II: The Second Variation and Sufficient Conditions; Second Variation, Excess Function, Convexity; Weak Minimizers and Jacobi Theory; Weierstrass Field Theory for One-dimensional Integrals and Strong Minimizers. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS II - The Hamiltonian Formalism: Part III: Canonical Formalism and Hamilton-Jacobi Theory; Legendre Transformation, Hamiltonian Systems, Convexity, Field Theories; Parametric Variational Integrals.- Part IV: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations; Partial Differential Equations of First Order and Contact Transformations.

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