Textbooks

Required Textbooks:

The course text book is

• Kot, M. (2014)
  A First Course in the Calculus of Variations
  AMS, Providence, Rhode Island

This book was written specifically for this course.
Please keep a copy of your receipt so that I can reimburse you for royalties.
You can check the status of this textbook at the University Bookstore here.

Optional Textbooks

Other good good books on the course subject include

• Bolza, O. (1973)
  Lectures on the Calculus of Variations
  AMS Chelsea, Providence, Rhode Island
  UW Library Catalog

• Elsgolts, L. E. (2007)
  Calculus of Variations
  Dover, Meoloa, New York
  UW Library Catalog

• Fox, C. (1987)
  An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
  Dover, Mineola, New York
  UW Library Catalog

• Gelfand, I. M. and Fomin, S. V (2000)
  Calculus of Variations
  Dover, Mineola, New York
  UW Library Catalog

• Sagan H. (1992)
  Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
  Dover, Mineola, New York
  UW Library Catalog