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Introduction to Global Variational Geometry

Author : Demeter Krupka

Publisher : Springer

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 19,93 MB

Release : 2015-01-13

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 9462390738

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The book is devoted to recent research in the global variational theory on smooth manifolds. Its main objective is an extension of the classical variational calculus on Euclidean spaces to (topologically nontrivial) finite-dimensional smooth manifolds; to this purpose the methods of global analysis of differential forms are used. Emphasis is placed on the foundations of the theory of variational functionals on fibered manifolds - relevant geometric structures for variational principles in geometry, physical field theory and higher-order fibered mechanics. The book chapters include: - foundations of jet bundles and analysis of differential forms and vector fields on jet bundles, - the theory of higher-order integral variational functionals for sections of a fibred space, the (global) first variational formula in infinitesimal and integral forms- extremal conditions and the discussion of Noether symmetries and generalizations,- the inverse problems of the calculus of variations of Helmholtz type- variational sequence theory and its consequences for the global inverse problem (cohomology conditions)- examples of variational functionals of mathematical physics. Complete formulations and proofs of all basic assertions are given, based on theorems of global analysis explained in the Appendix.



The Inverse Problem of the Calculus of Variations

Author : Dmitry V. Zenkov

Publisher : Springer

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 34,16 MB

Release : 2015-10-15

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 9462391092

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The aim of the present book is to give a systematic treatment of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations, i.e. how to recognize whether a system of differential equations can be treated as a system for extremals of a variational functional (the Euler-Lagrange equations), using contemporary geometric methods. Selected applications in geometry, physics, optimal control, and general relativity are also considered. The book includes the following chapters: - Helmholtz conditions and the method of controlled Lagrangians (Bloch, Krupka, Zenkov) - The Sonin-Douglas's problem (Krupka) - Inverse variational problem and symmetry in action: The Ostrogradskyj relativistic third order dynamics (Matsyuk.) - Source forms and their variational completion (Voicu) - First-order variational sequences and the inverse problem of the calculus of variations (Urban, Volna) - The inverse problem of the calculus of variations on Grassmann fibrations (Urban).



Lie Groups, Differential Equations, and Geometry

Author : Giovanni Falcone

Publisher : Springer

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 36,48 MB

Release : 2017-09-19

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 3319621815

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This book collects a series of contributions addressing the various contexts in which the theory of Lie groups is applied. A preliminary chapter serves the reader both as a basic reference source and as an ongoing thread that runs through the subsequent chapters. From representation theory and Gerstenhaber algebras to control theory, from differential equations to Finsler geometry and Lepage manifolds, the book introduces young researchers in Mathematics to a wealth of different topics, encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to research. As such, it is suitable for students in doctoral courses, and will also benefit researchers who want to expand their field of interest.



Interpolation Theory - Function Spaces - Differential Operators

Author : Hans Triebel

Publisher : Wiley-VCH

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 40,49 MB

Release : 1999-01-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 9783527402687

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Interpolation Theory • Function Spaces • Differential Operators contains a systematic treatment in the following topics: Interpolation theory in Banach spaces Theory of the Besov and (fractional) Sobolev spaces without and with weights in Rn, R+n, and in domains Theory of regular and degenerate elliptic differential operators Structure theory of special nuclear function spaces. It is the aim of the present book to treat these topics from the common point of view of interpolation theory. The second edition now presented contains major changes of formulations and proofs and, finally, an appendix, dealing with recent developments and related references. The book is written for graduate students and research mathematicians, interested in abstract functional analysis and its applications to function spaces and differential operators.



An Introduction to Covariant Quantum Mechanics

Author : Josef Janyška

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 831 pages

File Size : 49,96 MB

Release : 2022-04-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 3030895890

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This book deals with an original contribution to the hypothetical missing link unifying the two fundamental branches of physics born in the twentieth century, General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Namely, the book is devoted to a review of a "covariant approach" to Quantum Mechanics, along with several improvements and new results with respect to the previous related literature. The first part of the book deals with a covariant formulation of Galilean Classical Mechanics, which stands as a suitable background for covariant Quantum Mechanics. The second part deals with an introduction to covariant Quantum Mechanics. Further, in order to show how the presented covariant approach works in the framework of standard Classical Mechanics and standard Quantum Mechanics, the third part provides a detailed analysis of the standard Galilean space-time, along with three dynamical classical and quantum examples. The appendix accounts for several non-standard mathematical methods widely used in the body of the book.



Variational Analysis

Author : R. Tyrrell Rockafellar

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 747 pages

File Size : 11,82 MB

Release : 2009-06-26

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 3642024319

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From its origins in the minimization of integral functionals, the notion of variations has evolved greatly in connection with applications in optimization, equilibrium, and control. This book develops a unified framework and provides a detailed exposition of variational geometry and subdifferential calculus in their current forms beyond classical and convex analysis. Also covered are set-convergence, set-valued mappings, epi-convergence, duality, and normal integrands.



Noether's Theorems

Author : Gennadi Sardanashvily

Publisher : Springer

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 47,20 MB

Release : 2016-03-18

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 9462391718

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The book provides a detailed exposition of the calculus of variations on fibre bundles and graded manifolds. It presents applications in such area's as non-relativistic mechanics, gauge theory, gravitation theory and topological field theory with emphasis on energy and energy-momentum conservation laws. Within this general context the first and second Noether theorems are treated in the very general setting of reducible degenerate graded Lagrangian theory.



Gauge Field Theory in Natural Geometric Language

Author : Daniel Canarutto

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 362 pages

File Size : 14,55 MB

Release : 2020-10-05

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 0198861494

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Gauge Field theory in Natural Geometric Language addresses the need to clarify basic mathematical concepts at the crossroad between gravitation and quantum physics. Selected mathematical and theoretical topics are exposed within a brief, integrated approach that exploits standard and non-standard notions, as well as recent advances, in a natural geometric language in which the role of structure groups can be regarded as secondary even in the treatment of the gauge fields themselves. In proposing an original bridge between physics and mathematics, this text will appeal not only to mathematicians who wish to understand some of the basic ideas involved in quantum particle physics, but also to physicists who are not satisfied with the usual mathematical presentations of their field.



Sets of Finite Perimeter and Geometric Variational Problems

Author : Francesco Maggi

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 475 pages

File Size : 10,16 MB

Release : 2012-08-09

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 1139560891

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The marriage of analytic power to geometric intuition drives many of today's mathematical advances, yet books that build the connection from an elementary level remain scarce. This engaging introduction to geometric measure theory bridges analysis and geometry, taking readers from basic theory to some of the most celebrated results in modern analysis. The theory of sets of finite perimeter provides a simple and effective framework. Topics covered include existence, regularity, analysis of singularities, characterization and symmetry results for minimizers in geometric variational problems, starting from the basics about Hausdorff measures in Euclidean spaces and ending with complete proofs of the regularity of area-minimizing hypersurfaces up to singular sets of codimension 8. Explanatory pictures, detailed proofs, exercises and remarks providing heuristic motivation and summarizing difficult arguments make this graduate-level textbook suitable for self-study and also a useful reference for researchers. Readers require only undergraduate analysis and basic measure theory.



Nonlinear PDEs, Their Geometry, and Applications

Author : Radosław A. Kycia

Publisher : Springer

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 38,95 MB

Release : 2019-05-18

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 3030170314

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This volume presents lectures given at the Summer School Wisła 18: Nonlinear PDEs, Their Geometry, and Applications, which took place from August 20 - 30th, 2018 in Wisła, Poland, and was organized by the Baltic Institute of Mathematics. The lectures in the first part of this volume were delivered by experts in nonlinear differential equations and their applications to physics. Original research articles from members of the school comprise the second part of this volume. Much of the latter half of the volume complements the methods expounded in the first half by illustrating additional applications of geometric theory of differential equations. Various subjects are covered, providing readers a glimpse of current research. Other topics covered include thermodynamics, meteorology, and the Monge–Ampère equations. Researchers interested in the applications of nonlinear differential equations to physics will find this volume particularly useful. A knowledge of differential geometry is recommended for the first portion of the book, as well as a familiarity with basic concepts in physics.