calculus of variations

calculus of variations

English

Noun

calculus of variations (uncountable)

1. (calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.

   Synonym: variational calculus

Translations

a form of calculus

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 變分法／变分法 (zh) (biànfēnfǎ) Czech: variační počet m Dutch: variatierekening f Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: variaatiolaskenta French: calcul des variations m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Variationsrechnung f Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: חשבון וריאציות‎ (he) Hungarian: variációszámítás Icelandic: hnikareikningur m Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: calcolo delle variazioni m Japanese: 変分法 (henbunhō) Kannada: please add this translation if you can Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: please add this translation if you can Malay: please add this translation if you can Maltese: Kalkulu tal-Varjazzjonijiet Persian: حسابان وردش‌ها‎ Piedmontese: càlcol dle variassion Polish: rachunek wariacyjny m Portuguese: cálculo de variações m Russian: вариацио́нное исчисле́ние (variaciónnoje isčislénije) Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: variacijski račun m Spanish: cálculo de variaciones m Swedish: variationskalkyl c Ukrainian: варіаційне числення (uk) (variacijne čyslennja) Vietnamese: phép tính biến phân (vi)

Further reading

• Fundamental lemma of calculus of variations on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euler–Lagrange equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Functional (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Functional derivative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia