Purely mathematical treatment covers Rayleigh-Ritz method, Weinstein method, Weinstein-Aronszajn method and others. Little math needed beyond elements of calculus. First 9 chapters discuss general theory of variational methods with special reference to the vibrating plate. Last chapter extends to more general cases.
Includes exercises. 1957 edition.
"An unabridged republication of the work originally published by the University of Toronto Press, Toronto, in 1957 as part of the Mathematical expositions series, no. 10"--T.p. verso.