ELEMENTS OF CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS
Academic year2016/17
CourseMATHEMATICS
Code047AA
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| ELEMENTI DI CALCOLO DELLE VARIAZIONI | MAT/05 | LEZIONI | 48 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will have the ability to master the basics of the calculus of variations
Assessment criteria of knowledge
Methods:
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- individual study
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
Variational principles in one and several variables. Euler-Lagrange equation. Sufficient conditions for minimality. Classical examples. Absolutely continuous functions (of one variable) and the direct method of the Calculus of Variations. Geodesics. Mountain-pass theorem and minmax principle.
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