The VariationalCalculus package contains commands that perform calculus of variations computations.

This package performs various computations for characterizing the extremals of functionals.

Each command in the VariationalCalculus package can be accessed by using either the long form or the short form of the command name in the command calling sequence.

The long form, VariationalCalculus:-command, is always available. The short form can be used after loading the package.

The following is a list of available commands.

To display the help page for a particular VariationalCalculus command, see Getting Help with a Command in a Package.

Clarke, Frank H. Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Lecture Notes. UBC. 1979.

Young, L.C. Lectures on the Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory. New York: Chelsea, 1980.