Notes: &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Course notes for Open University course M820 The calculus of variations and advanced calculus.Contents: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chapter 1 Preliminary analysis --Chapter 2 Ordinary differential equations -- Chapter 3 The calculus of variations -- Chapter 4 The Euler-Legrange equation -- Chapter 5 Applications of the Euler-Legrange equation -- Chapter 6 Further theoretical developments -- Chapter 7 Symmetries and Noether's theorem -- Chapter 8 The second variation -- Chapter 9 Parametric functionals -- Chapter 10 Variable end points -- Chapter 11 Conditional stationary points -- Chapter 12 Constrained variational problems -- Chapter 13 Sturm-Liouville systems -- Chapter 14 The Rayleigh-Ritz method -- Chapter 15 Solutions to exercises. Responsibility: &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;D. Richards.

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