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Variational Methods in Mathematical Physics: A Unified Approach

By Philippe Blanchard , Erwin Brüning , G.M. Hayes

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
ISBN
3-540-16190-2, 9783540161905, 0-387-16190-2
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2918579 bytes)
Series
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Edition
1
Pages
410\420
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2017-10-15 16:00:00

Description

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to variational methods. Its unifying aspect, based on appropriate concepts of compactness, is the study of critical points of functionals via direct methods. It shows the interactions between linear and nonlinear functional analysis. Addressing in particular the interests of physicists, the authors treat in detail the variational problems of mechanics and classical field theories, writing on local linear and nonlinear boundary and eigenvalue problems of important classes of nonlinear partial differential equations, and giving more recent results on Thomas-Fermi theory and on problems involving critical nonlinearities. This book is an excellentintroduction for students in mathematics and mathematical physics

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