The Orbit Method in Geometry and Physics
Subtitle: In Honor of A.A. Kirillov (Progress in Mathematics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Published: May 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780817642327
Subjects: Mathematics; Orbit method; Geometry - Differential; Differential Geometry; Harmonic Analysis; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics; Geometry - General; Algebra - Linear; General; Mathematics / Group Theory; Functional Analysis
First sentence: The principle of variations is one of the basic tools in the theory of partial differential equations, with numerous applications in physics as well, notably as the least action principle in mechanics.