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Exterior Differential Systems and the Calculus of Variations

by Phillip Griffiths
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Synopsis

0. Preliminaries.- I. Euler-Lagrange Equations for Differential Systems with One Independent Variable.- II. First Integrals of the Euler-Lagrange System; Noether's Theorem and Examples.- III. Euler Equations for Variational Problems in Homogeneous Spaces.- IV. Endpoint Conditions; Jacobi Equations and the 2nd Variation; Conjugate Points; Fields and the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation; the Lagrange Problem.- Miscellaneous Remarks and Examples.- a) Problems with Integral Constraints; Examples.- b) Classical Problems Expressed in Moving Frames.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1983
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag
Pages
335
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783764331030

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