Variational Methods - Applications to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Hamiltonian Systems - Hardback - 2008

Focuses on the calculus of variations, and surveys the developments in this field. This book gives an introduction to variational methods. It includes the proof for the convergence of the Yamabe flow and a detailed treatment of the phenomenon of blow-up. It discusses the results for backward bubbling in the heat flow for harmonic maps or surfaces.
Year of publication: 2008
Pagination: 302 pages, black & white illustrations
Format: Hardback
Serie: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und Ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3 Folge /A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics