Calculus of Variations I / by Mariano Giaquinta, Stefan Hildebrandt.

This 2-volume treatise by two of the leading researchers and writers in the field, quickly established itself as a standard reference. It pays special attention to the historical aspects and the origins partly in applied problems - such as those of geometric optics - of parts of the theory. A variet...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Giaquinta, Mariano
Other Authors:	Hildebrandt, Stefan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
Series:	Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ; 310.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Global differential geometry. Mathematical optimization.