Variational Methods: Applications to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Hamiltonian Systems, Third Edition

Variational Methods: Applications to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Hamiltonian Systems, Third Edition
ISBN-10
3540664793
ISBN-13
9783540664796
Series
Variational Methods
Category
Mathematics
Pages
274
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Michael Struwe

Description

Hilbert's talk at the second International Congress of 1900 in Paris marked the beginning of a new era in the calculus of variations. A development began which, within a few decades, brought tremendous success, highlighted by the 1929 theorem of Ljusternik and Schnirelman on the existence of three distinct prime closed geodesics on any compact surface of genus zero, and the 1930/31 solution of Plateau's problem by Douglas and Rad??. The book gives a concise introduction to variational methods and presents an overview of areas of current research in the field. The third edition gives a survey on new developments in the field. References have been updated and a small number of mistakes have been rectified.

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