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A Gentle Introduction to the

Calculus of Variations

This section is intended for students studying for the Masters Degree in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience in CTCN at the University of Plymouth. Because there is very little digestable information on the calculus of variations for life-scientists, this introdution is made available to other students on the understanding that any downloads from these pages are copyrighted and for personal use only.

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  1. Introduction
  2. Finding the maximum or minimum of a simple function
  3. The Calculus of Variations - Euler-Lagrange Equation
  4. Derivation of the Euler-Lagrange Equation
  5. Extensions of the Euler-Lagrange Equation

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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