Variational methods for engineers with Matlab

This book is issued from a 30 years’ experience on the presentation of variational methods to successive generations of students and researchers in Engineering. It gives a comprehensive, pedagogical and engineer-oriented presentation of the foundations of variational methods and of their use in nume...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cursi, Eduardo Souza de, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England ; Hoboken, New Jersey : iSTE 2015.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Numerical methods in engineering series.
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Sumario:This book is issued from a 30 years’ experience on the presentation of variational methods to successive generations of students and researchers in Engineering. It gives a comprehensive, pedagogical and engineer-oriented presentation of the foundations of variational methods and of their use in numerical problems of Engineering. Particular applications to linear and nonlinear systems of equations, differential equations, optimization and control are presented. MATLAB programs illustrate the implementation and make the book suitable as a textbook and for self-study. The evolution of knowledge, of the engineering studies and of the society in general has led to a change of focus from students and researchers. New generations of students and researchers do not have the same relations to mathematics as the previous ones. In the particular case of variational methods, the presentations used in the past are not adapted to the previous knowledge, the language and the centers of interest of the new generations. Since these methods remain a core knowledge – thus essential - in many fields (Physics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Image analysis …), a new presentation is necessary in order to address variational methods to the actual context.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (335 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119230151
9781119230120
9781119230144