Editing Variational principle (section)

==External links==
*[https://feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_19.html The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. II Ch. 19: The Principle of Least Action]
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* S T Epstein  1974 "The Variation Method in Quantum Chemistry". (New York: Academic)
* C Lanczos, ''The Variational Principles of Mechanics'' (Dover Publications)
* R K Nesbet 2003 "Variational Principles and Methods In Theoretical Physics and Chemistry". (New York: Cambridge U.P.)
* S K Adhikari  1998 "Variational Principles for the Numerical Solution of Scattering Problems". (New York: Wiley)
* C G Gray, G Karl G and V A Novikov 1996, ''Ann. Phys.'' 251 1.
* C.G. Gray, G. Karl, and V. A. Novikov, "[https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0312071 Progress in Classical and Quantum Variational Principles]". 11 December 2003. physics/0312071 Classical Physics.
*{{cite book |author=Griffiths, David J. |title=Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd ed.) |publisher=Prentice Hall |year=2004 |isbn=0-13-805326-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontoel00grif_0 }}
* John Venables, "[http://venables.asu.edu/quant/varprin.html The Variational Principle and some applications]". Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (Graduate Course: Quantum Physics)
* Andrew James Williamson, "[http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~ajw29/thesis/node15.html The Variational Principle] -- Quantum monte carlo calculations of electronic excitations". Robinson College, Cambridge,  Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory. September 1996. (dissertation of Doctor of Philosophy)
* Kiyohisa Tokunaga, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20041102095610/http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~kiyohisa/tieca/26.htm Variational Principle for Electromagnetic Field]". Total Integral for Electromagnetic Canonical Action, Part Two, Relativistic Canonical Theory of Electromagnetics, Chapter VI
*[[Vadim Komkov|Komkov, Vadim]] (1986) Variational principles of continuum mechanics with engineering applications. Vol. 1. Critical points theory. Mathematics and its Applications, 24. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht.
* Cassel, Kevin W.: Variational Methods with Applications in Science and Engineering, Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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