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The general double integral problem in the calculus of variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. P. Gillespie
Affiliation:
St John's College

Extract

In a previous paper in these Proceedings the problem of the double integral

was discussed when the function F had the form

where

It is proposed in the present paper to extend the method to the general problem, where F may have any form provided only that it satisfies the necessary condition of being homogeneous of the first degree in A, B, C.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1933

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References

* Gillespie, , Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 28 (1932), 442454.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

* Gillespie, loc. cit., 449.

* Gillespie, loc. cit., 450–454.