Differential Geometry, Calculus of Variations, and Their Appl... - 9781138441705

CRC Press

This book contains a series of papers on some of the longstanding research problems of geometry, calculus of variations, and their applications. It is suitable for advanced graduate students, teachers, research mathematicians, and other professionals in mathematics. > This book contains a series of papers on some of the longstanding research problems of geometry, calculus of variations, and their applications. It is suitable for advanced graduate students, teachers, research mathematicians, and other professionals in mathematics. > 1. Categories of Dynamical Models 2. Almost Universal Maps and the Almost Fixed Point Property 3. On the Natural Approach to Flow Problems 4. Differential Geometry and Lagrangian Formalism 5. The Geometry of Bicharacteristics and Stability of Solvability 6. The Simplest Nonlinear Yang-Mills Theory that Works 7. Euler, Morse, and the Calculus of Variations 8. The Birth and Early Developments of Pade Approximants 9. On the Approximation of Solutions ofs