num_pages: 352
description: This text is basically divided into two parts. Chapters 14 include background material basic theorems and isoperimetric problems. Chapters 512 are devoted to applications geometrical optics particle dynamics the theory of elasticity electrostatics quantum mechanics and other topics. Exercises in each chapter. 1952 edition.
language: English
title: Calculus of Variations: with Applications to Physics and Engineering
publisher: Dover Publications