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Information: Calculus of variations is the study of finding minima and maxima of functions.
Calculus of Variations Sites:
Springer LINK: Calculus of Variations Springer LINK: Calculus of Variations: Journal with table of contents and article abstracts back to 1995. Full text available to subscribers only. (Calculus of Variations) http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00526/
Brachistochrone Construction Brachistochrone Construction: Here one can see a graph of the brachistochrone for the given endpoint. Java applet. (Calculus of Variations) http://home.ural.ru/~iagsoft/BrachJ2.html
Brachistochrone Problem Brachistochrone Problem: Gives details on how to arrive at the general solutions. Includes definition of terms. (Calculus of Variations) http://home.imm.uran.ru/iagsoft/mirr/eric/Brach.html
Minimal Surfaces and Isoperimetric Problems Minimal Surfaces and Isoperimetric Problems: Research group is devoted to variational problems related with the area operator, concerning the minimal surface theory and isoperimetric problems. Includes list of conferences and publications. University of Grenada, Spain. (Calculus of Variations) http://www.ugr.es/local/pvrarea
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: Calculus of variations and optimal control. Optimization. (Calculus of Variations) http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/49-XX.html