Description
Book SynopsisThe techniques used to solve non-linear problems differ greatly from those dealing with linear features. Deriving all the necessary theorems from first principles, this 2005 textbook should give upper undergraduates and graduate students a thorough understanding using as little background material as possible.
Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… presents an introduction to critical point theory addressed to students with a modest background in Lebesgue integration and linear functional analysis. Many important methods from nonlinear analysis are introduced in a problem oriented way … well written … should be present in the library of any researcher interested in Lévy processes and Lie groups.' Zentralblatt MATH
Table of Contents1. Extrema; 2. Critical points; 3. Boundary value problems; 4. Saddle points; 5. Calculus of variations; 6. Degree theory; 7. Conditional extrema; 8. Minimax methods; 9. Jumping nonlinearities; 10. Higher dimensions.
