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Calculus of variations

Jürgen Jost and Xianqing Li-Jost

(Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics, 64)

Cambridge University Press, 1998

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  • : pbk

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"Transferred to digital printing 2003"--T.p. verso of 2003 hardcover printing

Includes index

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内容説明

This textbook on the calculus of variations leads the reader from the basics to modern aspects of the theory. One-dimensional problems and the classical issues like Euler-Lagrange equations are treated, as are Noether's theorem, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, and in particular geodesic lines, thereby developing some important geometric and topological aspects. The basic ideas of optimal control theory are also given. The second part of the book deals with multiple integrals. After a review of Lebesgue integration, Banach and Hilbert space theory and Sobolev spaces (with complete and detailed proofs), there is a treatment of the direct methods and the fundamental lower semicontinuity theorems. Subsequent chapters introduce the basic concepts of the modern calculus of variations, namely relaxation, Gamma convergence, bifurcation theory and minimax methods based on the Palais-Smale condition. The only prerequisites are basic results from calculus of one and several variables. After having studied this book, the reader will be well-equipped to read research papers in the calculus of variations.

目次

  • Part I. One-Dimensional Variational Problems: 1. The classical theory
  • 2. Geodesic curves
  • 3. Saddle point constructions
  • 4. The theory of Hamilton and Jacobi
  • 5. Dynamic optimization
  • Part II. Multiple Integrals in the Calculus of Variations: 6. Lebesgue integration theory
  • 7. Banach spaces
  • 8. Lp and Sobolev spaces
  • 9. The direct methods
  • 10. Nonconvex functionals: relaxation
  • 11. G-convergence
  • 12. BV-functionals and G-convergence: the example of Modica and Mortola
  • Appendix A. The coarea formula
  • Appendix B. The distance function from smooth hypersurfaces
  • 13. Bifurcation theory
  • 14. The Palais-Smale condition and unstable critical points of variational problems.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA39685487
  • ISBN
    • 0521642035
    • 9780521057127
  • LCCN
    98038618
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvi, 323 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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