Variational Methods in Optimization (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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Summary: Lovely reading!
Review: It's well written, self-contained, and hardly any background is needed on the subject to approciate the art of calculus of variation. Many illustrative examples are worked out in clear details. A great book to read to get into the subject -- and check out the price too....

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Summary: Excellent clearly worked out examples!
Review: The technique of Euler-Lagrange multipliers is clearly illuminated with numerous detailed and worked out examples. The proofs can be a little sketchy in some parts, but the emphasis is on developing the idea behind the method, not necessarily formalism. The best part of this text is the highly detailed examples that sometimes occupy four pages.