Geometric mechanics on Riemannian manifolds : applications to partial differential equations / Ovidiu Calin, Der-Chen Chang.
— Boston : Birkhäuser, c2005. xv, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [271]-273) e índice.
Contenido: Introductory chapter — Laplace operator on Riemannian manifolds — Lagrangian formalism on Riemannian manifolds — Harmonic maps from a Lagrangian viewpoint — Conservation theorems — Hamiltonian formalism — Hamilton-Jacobi theory — Minimal hypersurfaces — Radially symmetric spaces — Fundamental solutions for heat operators with potentials — Fundamental solutions for elliptic operators — Mechanical curves.
ISBN 0817643540
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