New posts in Calculus Of Variations

Brachistochrone problem with floor restriction

The catenary, help with the equation for a hanging chain.

Why does $\frac{dq}{dt}$ not depend on $q$? Why does the calculus of variations work?

Why is it useful to show the existence and uniqueness of solution for a PDE?

Proving that a sphere has a minimal surface to volume ratio using Calculus of Variations

Intuition behind variational principle

Are triangles the strongest shape?

Elliptic regularization of the heat equation

Minimizing a functional with a free boundary condition

Arc length contest! Minimize the arc length of $f(x)$ when given three conditions.