Do you know any books with solved problems on variations?

[jonjacson]

Hi folks,

There are plenty of books with theory, but to practice I only found one book by Krasnov. I am looking something like Schaums series for the Calculus of Variations. Do you know if something like that exists?

I want to practice, seting up the problem (the integral), getting the differential equations, solving them, analyzing when it is a min or a max, or if it exists etc.

Thanks!

 

[Guy Madison]

Did you check out problem books in mathematics by springer? There's a load of titles available.

 

[jonjacson]

Did you check out problem books in mathematics by springer? There's a load of titles available.

I didn't know those series, thanks for that.

I had a look and apparently there is no specific volume for Variational Calculus, there are some on analysis that may contain a chapter maybe.

 

[alan2]

Both of these have good sections with lots of worked examples.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071635408/?tag=pfamazon01-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071762515/?tag=pfamazon01-20