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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788878503321

Autore

Anderson Ian <1952->

Titolo

The inverse problem of the calculus of variations for ordinary differential equations / / Ian Anderson, Gerard Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

1-4704-0899-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; Volume 98, Number 473

Disciplina

515/.64

Soggetti

Calculus of variations

Inverse problems (Differential equations)

Perturbation (Mathematics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 1992, Volume 98, Number 473 (end of volume)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Variational Bicomplex for Ordinary Differential Equations""; ""3. First Integrals and the Inverse Problem for Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations""; ""4. The Inverse Problem for Fourth Order Ordinary Differential Equations""; ""5. Exterior Differential Systems and the Inverse Problem for Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations""; ""6. Examples""; ""7. The Inverse Problem for Two Dimensional Sprays""; ""8. References""