New methods of solving general constrained calculus of variations problems involving pdes

Utilitas Mathematica

Volumn 58, Issue , 2000, Pages 215-224

  Gregory, John ^a   Pericak Spector, Kathleen ^a  

^a Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

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