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Re: first variation of the functional

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• Subject: [mg65003] Re: [mg64991] first variation of the functional
• From: Pratik Desai <pdesai1 at umbc.edu>
• Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:15:39 -0500 (EST)
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ramesh gupta burela wrote:

>Dear members,
>
>I Ramesh Gupta, PhD student of Aerospace Department,
>Indian Institute of Science,
>INDIA. our institute having licence version of
>mathematica.
>
>i would like to know how to get the first variation of
>the functional.
>As I came to know that command like "EulerEquations"
>can generate Differential
>equations, but i am expecting the boundry/natuaral
>conditions also, which are the by-products
>of first variation of the functional.
>
>  
>
I think the package you are looking for is <<Calculus`VectorAnalysis`
Unfortunately it seems that the Vector Analysis only works with 
functionals with one independant variables. You probably will have to 
stick with integration by parts unfortunately... :-)

>please mail me as early as possible.
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>regards
>ramesh
>
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    • From: ramesh gupta burela <ramesh_burela3@yahoo.co.in>