Calculus of variations : with applications to physics and engineering

Weinstock, Robert

Calculus of variations : with applications to physics and engineering by Robert Weinstock - New York : Dover, ©1974 - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Background Preliminaries Chapter 3. Introductory Problems Chapter 4. Isoperimetric Problems Chapter 5. Geometrical Optics: Fermat's Principle Chapter 6. Dynamics of Particles Chapter 7. Two Independent Variables: The Vibrating String Chapter 8. The Sturm-Liouville Eigenvalue-Eigenfunction Problem Chapter 9. Several Independent Variables: The Vibrating Membrane Chapter 10. Theory of Elasticity Chapter 11. Quantum Mechanics Chapter 12. Electrostatics

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