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Selected Chapters in the Calculus of Variations

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Selected Chapters in the Calculus of Variations
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Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN/ASIN: 3764321857
ISBN-13: 9783764321857
Number of pages: 140

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These lecture notes describe the Aubry-Mather-Theory within the calculus of variations. The text consists of the translated original lectures of Jürgen Moser and a bibliographic appendix with comments on the current state of the art in this field of interest. Students will find a rapid introduction to the calculus of variations, leading to modern dynamical systems theory.

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