calculus of variations

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   the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals

   Broadercalculus

   mathematics

Questions about calculus of variations

What does calculus of variations mean?

calculus of variations means "the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals".

Is calculus of variations a common word?

calculus of variations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.