Dec 5, 2015 · I am currently working on problems that require familiarity with calculus of variations. I am fairly new to this field. Please suggest a good introductory book for the same that could help me pick ...

Apr 29, 2013 · What is a good book on the Calculus of Variations, for a second year PhD student?

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Sep 28, 2021 · In calculus, typically the set of critical points is relatively "small". However, in calculus of variation we usually have that critical points are characterized as the solution set of a PDE. So while …

In particular, I know of very few places where the ideas or techniques of calculus of variations are used beyond the calculation of the first and second variations of the functional being optimized. And even …

Dec 22, 2014 · A book that was used a couple of times for a course mainly taken by graduate mathematics students (and some graduate physics students, and usually at least one undergraduate …

Jun 15, 2019 · unfortunately, in calculus of variations, people are sloppy with their notation, and often, if you read directly what people write, it amounts to nonsense, because often they vaguely explain …

Oct 10, 2019 · This tag is for problems relating to the calculus of variations that deal with maximizing or minimizing functionals. This problem is a generalization of the problem of finding extrema of …

Feb 17, 2021 · Q&A for professional mathematicians Questions on the calculus of variations, which deals with the optimization of functionals mostly defined on infinite dimensional spaces.