Calculus of variations and partial differential equations : topics on geometrical evolution problems and degree theory /
The link between Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations has always been strong, because variational problems produce, via their Euler-Lagrange equation, a differential equation and, conversely, a differential equation can often be studied by variational methods. At the summer scho...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[2000]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The link between Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations has always been strong, because variational problems produce, via their Euler-Lagrange equation, a differential equation and, conversely, a differential equation can often be studied by variational methods. At the summer school in Pisa in September 1996, Luigi Ambrosio and Norman Dancer each gave a course on a classical topic (the geometric problem of evolution of a surface by mean curvature, and degree theory with applications to pde's resp.), in a self-contained presentation accessible to PhD students, bridging the gap between standard courses and advanced research on these topics. The resulting book is divided accordingly into 2 parts, and nicely illustrates the 2-way interaction of problems and methods. Each of the courses is augmented and complemented by additional short chapters by other authors describing current research problems and results. |
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| Item Description: | "The project of editing this book originated in a two-week Summer School on "Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations" which was held in Pisa in September 1996"--Preface. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 347 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642571862 (electronic bk.) 3642571867 (electronic bk.) |