Download or read book Calculus of Variations written by Robert Weinstock and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is basically divided into two parts. Chapters 1–4 include background material, basic theorems and isoperimetric problems. Chapters 5–12 are devoted to applications, geometrical optics, particle dynamics, the theory of elasticity, electrostatics, quantum mechanics, and other topics. Exercises in each chapter. 1952 edition.