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

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  Mandarin: 變分法／变分法 (zh) (biànfēnfǎ)

• Czech: variační počet m
• Dutch: variatierekening f
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• Finnish: variaatiolaskenta
• French: calcul des variations m
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• Hebrew: חשבון וריאציות (he)
• Hungarian: variációszámítás (hu)
• Icelandic: hnikareikningur m
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• Italian: calcolo delle variazioni m
• Japanese: 変分法 (henbunhō)
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• 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)
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• 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