Applied Calculus of Variations for Engineers, Third Edition

ISBN-13: 9781032337579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 292 str.

Louis Komzsik

Opis

This third edition extends the focus of the book to academia to also support variational calculus and mathematical modeling classes. The newly added sections, extended explanations, numerous examples and exercises aid the students in learning, the professors in teaching, and the engineers in applying variational concepts.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgments. Author. Introduction. I Mathematical foundation. The foundations of calculus of variations. Constrained variational problems. Multivariate functionals. Higher order derivatives. The inverse problem. Analytic solutions. Approximate methods. II Modeling applications. Differential geometry. Computational geometry. Variational equations of motion. Analytic mechanics. Computational mechanics. Solutions. Notations. List of Tables. List of Figures. References. Index

O autorze

Dr. Louis Komzsik worked in the industry as an engineering mathematician for 42 years and during those years also lectured as a Visiting Professor at various southern California colleges and universities. Since his retirement he is lecturing in the Mathematics Department of the University of California at Irvine.