Six Themes on Variation

ISBN-13: 9780821837207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 153 str.

Steven J. Cox; Robin Forman

Opis

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.