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The calculus of variations (or variational calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions to the real numbers. Functionals are often expressed as definite integrals involving functions and their…
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| Calculus of variations | has application | Further | 0.60 | section |
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| Calculus of variations | has application | Newton's | 0.60 | section |
| Calculus of variations | has application | Plateau's | 0.60 | section |
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| Calculus of variations | has application | Einstein's | 0.60 | section |
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