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Calculus of Variations

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Mercer street, new york, New York 1001. Ii Contents Page Introduction I. Formalism of Calculus of Variations. Hamilton Jacobi Theory - Sufficient Conditions 1. The Legendre Transformation 2. The Distance Function - Reduction to Canonical Form 3. The Hamilton-Jacobi Partial Differential Equation 4. The Two Body Problem 5. The Homogeneous Case - Geodesics 6. Construction of a Field - the Con

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Calculus of Variations

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Mercer street, new york, New York 1001. Ii Contents Page Introduction I. Formalism of Calculus of Variations. Hamilton Jacobi Theory - Sufficient Conditions 1. The Legendre Transformation 2. The Distance Function - Reduction to Canonical Form 3. The Hamilton-Jacobi Partial Differential Equation 4. The Two Body Problem 5. The Homogeneous Case - Geodesics 6. Construction of a Field - the Con

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