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Definition of Calculus of variations
1. Noun. The calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals.
Definition of Calculus of variations
1. Noun. (calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Calculus Of Variations
Literary usage of Calculus of variations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"In the problems with which the calculus of variations is concerned, ... The calculus
of variations has thus become a simple application of the differential ..."
2. Advanced Calculus: A Text Upon Select Parts of Differential Calculus by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1912)
"In general the value of / will depend on the path C of integration ; the problem
of the calculus of variations is to find that path which will make fa ..."
3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Calculus of Variations. By his Calculus or Method of Variations, Lagrange improved
the capacity of the transcendental analysis for the establishment of ..."
4. Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Felix Klein, Robert Hermann (1979)
"INTRODUCTION The calculus of variations was one of the main subjects of the 19th
century. No doubt this was linked to the importance of analytical mechanics ..."
5. A Treatise on the Differential Calculus with Numerous Examples. by Isaac Todhunter (1878)
"calculus of variations. Maxima and Minima of integrals involving one dependent
variable with, fixed limits. 347. THE theory of maxima and minima values of ..."
6. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1884)
"... CHAPTER X. APPLICATIONS OF THE calculus of variations. Principles of Least
Action and Varying Action. 442. Two fundamental equations. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Integral Calculus: With Applications, Examples, and Problems by Joseph Edwards (1922)
"calculus of variations. (SECTION I.) 1482. To ascertain the greatest or least
values of which a given function is susceptible under specific conditions, ..."
8. An Introduction to the Use of Generalized Coördinates in Mechanics and Physics by William Elwood Byerly (1916)
"APPENDIX B THE calculus of variations 1. The calculus of variations owed its
origin to the attempt to solve a very interesting class of problems in maxima ..."
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