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Instructors: Dr. rer. nat. Karoline Disser
Event type:
Lecture & Exercise
Org-unit: Dept. 04 - Mathematics
Displayed in timetable as:
Sel Topics in Ana
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
3
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
Euler-Lagrange-equations
strong and weak local minimizers
different types of convexity
direct method in the calculus of variations
Examples: brachistochrone curve, catenary, minimal surfaces, linear elasticity, ...
Literature:
B. Dacorogna. Introduction to the calculus of variations. Imperial College Press, London, 2004.
Preconditions:
Functional Analysis
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