Calculus of Variations, Fall 2009
Robert V. Kohn
Professor of Mathematics
Courant Institute, New York University

This is the web page for my Fall 2009 class
on the Calculus of Variations. Material will
be posted as the semester proceeds. 

   Syllabus, in pdf format 
   Lecture 1 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 2 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 3 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 4 Notes, in pdf format
   Lectures 5 and 6 (on optimal control and Hamilton-Jacobi equations)
      were based on the following notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 7 Notes (revised 10/29/09) in pdf format. Also the article
      ``Fibered structures in optimal design'' by Kohn and Strang,
      cited in the Lecture 7 notes, in pdf format.
   Lecture 8 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 9 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 10 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 11 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 12 Notes, in pdf format
   Lecture 13 Notes, in pdf format