Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations: Topics on Geometrical Evolution Problems and Degree Theory (Universitext) - Softcover

Ambrosio, Luigi; Dancer, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540648038 ISBN 13: 9783540648031

Publisher: Springer, 2000

Synopsis

At the summer school in Pisa in September 1996, Luigi Ambrosio and Norman Dancer each gave a course on the geometric problem of evolution of a surface by mean curvature, and degree theory with applications to PDEs respectively. This self-contained presentation accessible to PhD students bridged the gap between standard courses and advanced research on these topics. The resulting book is divided accordingly into 2 parts, and neatly illustrates the 2-way interaction of problems and methods. Each of the courses is augmented and complemented by additional short chapters by other authors describing current research problems and results.

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The link between Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations has always been strong, because variational problems produce, via their Euler-Lagrange equation, a differential equation and, conversely, a differential equation can often be studied by variational methods. At the summer school in Pisa in September 1996, Luigi Ambrosio and Norman Dancer each gave a course on a classical topic (the geometric problem of evolution of a surface by mean curvature, and degree theory with applications to pde's resp.), in a self-contained presentation accessible to PhD students, bridging the gap between standard courses and advanced research on these topics. The resulting book is divided accordingly into 2 parts, and nicely illustrates the 2-way interaction of problems and methods. Each of the courses is augmented and complemented by additional short chapters by other authors describing current research problems and results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540648038
• ISBN 13: 9783540648031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Buttazzo Giuseppe, Marino Antonio, Murthy M.K.V.