Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeCALCULUS OF VARIATIONS I - The Lagrangian Formalism: Part I: The First Variation and Necessary Conditions: The First Variation; Variational Problems with Subsidiary Conditions; General Variational Formulas.- Part II: The Second Variation and Sufficient Conditions; Second Variation, Excess Function, Convexity; Weak Minimizers and Jacobi Theory; Weierstrass Field Theory for One-dimensional Integrals and Strong Minimizers. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS II - The Hamiltonian Formalism: Part III: Canonical Formalism and Hamilton-Jacobi Theory; Legendre Transformation, Hamiltonian Systems, Convexity, Field Theories; Parametric Variational Integrals.- Part IV: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations; Partial Differential Equations of First Order and Contact Transformations.
Autorenportrait
Inhaltsangabeof Calculus of Variations II The Hamiltonian Formalism.- 7. Legendre Transformation, Hamiltonian Systems, Convexity, Field Theories.- 8. Parametric Variational Integrals.- 9. Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations.- 10. Partial Differential Equations of First Order and Contact Transformations.- A List of Examples.- A Glimpse at the Literature.
Inhalt
CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS I - The Lagrangian Formalism: Part I: The First Variation and Necessary Conditions:The First Variation; Variational Problems with Subsidiary Conditions; General Variational Formulas.- Part II: The Second Variation and Sufficient Conditions; Second Variation, Excess Function, Convexity; Weak Minimizers and Jacobi Theory; Weierstrass Field Theory for One-dimensional Integrals and Strong Minimizers. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS II - The Hamiltonian Formalism: Part III: Canonical Formalism and Hamilton-Jacobi Theory; Legendre Transformation, Hamiltonian Systems, Convexity, Field Theories; Parametric Variational Integrals.- Part IV: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Canonical Transformations; Partial Differential Equations of First Order and Contact Transformations.