Background
Weinstock, Robert was born on February 2, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Lillian (Hirsch) Weinstock.
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This book by Robert Weinstock was written to fill the need for a basic introduction to the calculus of variations. Simply and easily written, with an emphasis on the applications of this calculus, it has long been a standard reference of physicists, engineers, and applied mathematicians. The author begins slowly, introducing the reader to the calculus of variations, and supplying lists of essential formulae and derivations. Later chapters cover isoperimetric problems, geometrical optics, Fermat's principle, dynamics of particles, the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue-eigenfunction problem, the theory of elasticity, quantum mechanics, and electrostatics. Each chapter ends with a series of exercises which should prove very useful in determining whether the material in that chapter has been thoroughly grasped. The clarity of exposition makes this book easily accessible to anyone who has mastered first-year calculus with some exposure to ordinary differential equations. Physicists and engineers who find variational methods evasive at times will find this book particularly helpful. "I regard this as a very useful book which I shall refer to frequently in the future." J. L. Synge, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
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Weinstock, Robert was born on February 2, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Lillian (Hirsch) Weinstock.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1943.
Instructor physics Stanford University, California, 1943—1944, instructor mathematics, 1946—1950, acting assistant professor mathematics, 1950—1954. Research associate radar countermeasures Radio Research Laboratory Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944—1945. Assistant professor University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1954—1958, associate professor mathematics, 1958—1959.
Visiting associate professor mathematics Oberlin College, Ohio, 1959—1960, associate professor, 1960—1966, professor physics, 1966—1983, emeritus professor, from 1983.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy of Sciences. Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, History of Science Society, British Society for the History of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Winch Brownell, April 22, 1950. Children: Frank Morse, Robert B. Weinstock-Collins.