MA 431 - Calculus of Variations
- Credit Hours: 4R-0L-4C
- Term Available: Arranged
- Graduate Studies Eligible: No
- Prerequisites: MA 330
- Corequisites: None
Euler-Lagrange and Hamiltonian equations, with possible applications in mechanics, electrostatics, optics, quantum mechanics and elasticity theory. An introduction to “direct methods.” Applications will be chosen in accordance with the interest of the students. Both classical and numerical methods have their place in this course.