HomeView Cart
Dover HomeStore DirectoryCustomer Service
Variational Methods
Save with Free Shipping on orders of $50 or more.Save $20 on orders of $50 or more.
New ReleasesFREE SAMPLESMY ACCOUNTDover's Safe Shopping GuaranteeSave with Free Shipping on orders of $50 or moreFACEBOOKPINTERESTe-signup

Browse More: By Subject > Science and Mathematics > Mathematics > Variational Methods

Recommendations...

Splines and Variational MethodsSplines and Variational Methods 
by P. M. Prenter
This introductory treatment explains the application of theoretic notions to physical problems that engineers regularly encounter. Only a minimal background in linear algebra and analysis is required. 1975 edition.
Gauge Theory and Variational PrinciplesGauge Theory and Variational Principles 
by David Bleecker
Covers principal fiber bundles and connections; curvature; particle fields, Lagrangians, and gauge invariance; inhomogeneous field equations; free Dirac electron fields; calculus on frame bundle; and unification of gauge fields and gravitation. 1981 edition

Variational Methods in OptimizationVariational Methods in Optimization 
by Donald R. Smith
Highly readable text elucidates applications of the chain rule of differentiation, integration by parts, parametric curves, line integrals, double integrals, and elementary differential equations. 1974 edition.

Variational Analysis: Critical Extremals and Sturmian ExtensionsVariational Analysis: Critical Extremals and Sturmian Extensions 
by Marston Morse
This text presents extended separation, comparison, and oscillation theorems that replace classical analysis. Its analysis of related quadratic functionals shows how critical extremals can substitute for minimizing extremals. 1973 edition.
Variational PrinciplesVariational Principles 
by B. L. Moiseiwitsch
This text shows how variational principles are used to determine the discrete eigenvalues for stationary state problems and to illustrate how to find the values of quantities that arise in the theory of scattering. 1966 edition.
 

Products in Variational Methods

Dynamical SystemsDynamical Systems
by Shlomo Sternberg
A pioneer in the field of dynamical systems discusses one-dimensional dynamics, differential equations, random walks, iterated function systems, symbolic dynamics, and Markov chains. Supplementary materials include PowerPoint slides and MATLAB exercises. 2010 edition.

Our Price: $14.95

Methods of the Theory of Functions of Many Complex VariablesMethods of the Theory of Functions of Many Complex Variables
by Vasiliy Sergeyevich Vladimirov
This systematic exposition outlines fundamentals of the theory of single sheeted holomorphic domains and illustrates applications to quantum field theory, the theory of functions, and differential equations with constant coefficients. 1966 edition.


Our Price: $19.95

Splines and Variational MethodsSplines and Variational Methods
by P. M. Prenter
This introductory treatment explains the application of theoretic notions to physical problems that engineers regularly encounter. Only a minimal background in linear algebra and analysis is required. 1975 edition.

Our Price: $19.95
On Sale! $14.96


Variational Analysis: Critical Extremals and Sturmian ExtensionsVariational Analysis: Critical Extremals and Sturmian Extensions
by Marston Morse
This text presents extended separation, comparison, and oscillation theorems that replace classical analysis. Its analysis of related quadratic functionals shows how critical extremals can substitute for minimizing extremals. 1973 edition.

Our Price: $14.95
On Sale! $11.21


Variational PrinciplesVariational Principles
by B. L. Moiseiwitsch
This text shows how variational principles are used to determine the discrete eigenvalues for stationary state problems and to illustrate how to find the values of quantities that arise in the theory of scattering. 1966 edition.

Our Price: $17.95

Variational Principles and Free-Boundary ProblemsVariational Principles and Free-Boundary Problems
by Avner Friedman
Advanced graduate-level text examines variational methods in partial differential equations and illustrates their applications to free-boundary problems. Features detailed statements of standard theory of elliptic and parabolic operators. 1982 edition.

Our Price: $29.95