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Before you start 1.5 Integrals3.1 Multivariable chain rule, extrema and Lagrange multipliers4.1 Ordinary differential equations

Mathematics · 6.1

Calculus of variations

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Will introduce functionalEuler–Lagrange equationFermat's principleprinciple of least action

Used by Physics 12 Optics: least time, interference, diffractionControl engineering 4.3 LQR: a cost instead of polesControl engineering 5.1 Pontryagin's maximum principle, time-optimal control and the shooting method