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Overview of the VariationalCalculus Package
Calling Sequence
VariationalCalculus[command](arguments)
command(arguments)
Description
The VariationalCalculus package contains commands that perform calculus of variations computations.
This package performs various computations for characterizing the extremals of functionals.
Each command in the VariationalCalculus package can be accessed by using either the long form or the short form of the command name in the command calling sequence.
As the underlying implementation of the VariationalCalculus package is a module, it is also possible to use the form VariationalCalculus:-command to access a command from the package. For more information, see Module Members.
List of VariationalCalculus Package Commands
The following is a list of available commands.
ConjugateEquation
Convex
EulerLagrange
Jacobi
Weierstrass
To display the help page for a particular VariationalCalculus command, see Getting Help with a Command in a Package.
See Also
dsolve, solve, UsingPackages
References
Clarke, Frank H. Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Lecture Notes. UBC. 1979.
Young, L.C. Lectures on the Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory. New York: Chelsea, 1980.
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