MATH 648 – Calculus Of Variations (Spring 2019)

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Text: The Calculus of Variations —by Bruce van Brunt; Publisher: Springer Universitext Series; Publication year 2006; ISBN 978-0387402475;

Supplementary Texts

Depending on individual student’s level, supplementary material is suggested, please ask me for advice.

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Room 510, Snow Hall; Phone: 785-864-3764;

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Office hour: Tuesday 11:00-12:00 am or by appointment, more details

Lecture time: Tuesday and Thursday. 2:30-3:45 pm, Room 564, Snow Hall

Homework and Exams

Exams: TBA

Homework: Assignments will be announced during the lectures.

Course Information

Keywords: Hamilton’s principle, Variational Problems from geometry, Euler-Lagrange equations; Isoperimetric problems; Legendre transformation and Hamilton’s equation, symplectic maps, Hamilton-Jacobi; Noether’s theorem and variational symmetries; the Second Variation.