Cox Steven J., Forman Robin, Jones Frank, Keyfitz Barbara Lee, Morgan Frank:
Six Themes On Variation
American Mathematical Society (United States), 2004
Paperback, 153 pages
ISBN: 9780821837207
ISBN-10: 0821837206
Six Themes On Variation
The calculus of variations is a beautiful subject with a rich history and with origins in the minimization problems of calculus. This book addresses topics such as Morse theory, wave mechanics, minimal surfaces, soap bubbles, and modeling traffic flow.
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