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Variational Calculus and its applications in Control Theory and Nanomechanics

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1 Variational Calculus and its applications in Control Theory and Nanomechanics _ Course Introduction · NPTEL-NOC IITM 9:32 2022-10-11
2 mod01lec01 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 1 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 27:59 2022-10-11
3 mod01lec02 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 2 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 20:49 2022-10-11
4 mod01lec03 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 3 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 25:34 2022-10-11
5 mod01lec04 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 4 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:00 2022-10-12
6 mod01lec05 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 5 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 27:13 2022-10-11
7 mod01lec06 Introduction / Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 6 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 32:23 2022-10-11
8 mod02lec07 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:33 2022-10-11
9 mod02lec08 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:09 2022-10-12
10 mod02lec09 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 29:02 2022-10-11
11 mod02lec10 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 25:56 2022-10-11
12 mod02lec11 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 26:50 2022-10-11
13 mod02lec12 Special cases / Invariance, Existence and Uniqueness of solutions - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 35:07 2022-10-11
14 mod03lec13 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:48 2022-10-11
15 mod03lec14 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 35:28 2022-10-11
16 mod03lec15 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 26:54 2022-10-11
17 mod03lec16 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:49 2022-10-11
18 mod03lec17 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 37:05 2022-10-11
19 mod03lec18 Generalization / Numerical solution of Euler Lagrange Equations - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 22:30 2022-10-11
20 mod04lec19 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 28:59 2022-10-11
21 mod04lec20 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:38 2022-10-11
22 mod04lec21 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 27:48 2022-10-11
23 mod04lec22 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 33:25 2022-10-11
24 mod04lec23 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 26:22 2022-10-12
25 mod04lec24 Isoperimetric Problems - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:41 2022-10-11
26 mod05lec25 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 41:04 2022-10-11
27 mod05lec26 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 29:55 2022-10-11
28 mod05lec27 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:04 2022-10-11
29 mod05lec28 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 48:22 2022-10-11
30 mod05lec29 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:00 2022-10-11
31 mod05lec30 Problems with Holononomic and non- Holononomic Constraints, Variable Endpts - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 35:28 2022-10-11
32 mod06lec31 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 41:12 2022-10-11
33 mod06lec32 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 24:17 2022-10-12
34 mod06lec33 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:32 2022-10-11
35 mod06lec34 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 32:00 2022-10-11
36 mod06lec35 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 37:14 2022-10-11
37 mod06lec36 Broken extremals / Hamiltonian Formulation - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 18:52 2022-10-11
38 mod07lec37 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:47 2022-10-11
39 mod07lec38 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 37:43 2022-10-12
40 mod07lec39 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 29:03 2022-10-11
41 mod07lec40 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 34:44 2022-10-11
42 mod07lec41 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 38:09 2022-10-11
43 mod07lec42 Hamilton-Jacobi Equations - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 24:34 2022-10-11
44 mod08lec43 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 24:00 2022-10-11
45 mod08lec44 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 36:54 2022-10-11
46 mod08lec45 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 38:45 2022-10-11
47 mod08lec46 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:23 2022-10-11
48 mod08lec47 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 34:54 2022-10-11
49 mod08lec48 Noether's Theorem / Introduction to Second Variation - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 28:33 2022-10-11
50 mod09lec49 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 32:38 2022-10-11
51 mod09lec50 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:52 2022-10-11
52 mod09lec51 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 28:55 2022-10-11
53 mod09lec52 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 33:03 2022-10-11
54 mod09lec53 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 42:12 2022-10-11
55 mod09lec54 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 28:50 2022-10-11
56 mod10lec55 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:57 2022-10-11
57 mod10lec56 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 27:20 2022-10-11
58 mod10lec57 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 17:17 2022-10-11
59 mod10lec58 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:41 2022-10-11
60 mod10lec59 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 34:00 2022-10-11
61 mod10lec60 Constrained Optimization in Optimal Control Theory - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 40:21 2022-10-11
62 mod11lec61 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 01 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 31:15 2022-10-11
63 mod11lec62 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 02 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 30:08 2022-10-11
64 mod11lec63 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 03 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 33:11 2022-10-11
65 mod11lec64 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 04 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 36:47 2022-10-11
66 mod11lec65 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 05 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 26:57 2022-10-11
67 mod11lec66 Introduction to Nanomechanics - Part 06 · NPTEL-NOC IITM 33:08 2022-10-11
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