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Variational Methods in Mathematical Physics: A Unified Approach (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)

By Philippe Blanchard , Erwin Brüning

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
ISBN
3540161902, 9783540161905
LCC
QC174.17.V35 B5813 1992
Open Library ID
OL1702394M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4052768 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
420\420
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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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