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

This long-awaited book by two of the foremost researchers and writers in the field is the first part of a treatise that covers the subject in breadth and depth, paying special attention to the historical origins, partly in applications, e.g. from geometrical optics, of parts of the theory. A variety...

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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 ; 311.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Global differential geometry. Mathematical optimization.