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This subtopic introduces the core ideas in variational principles in optimization, including foundational concepts, standard methods, and the main questions used to organize the area. Typical uses include building mathematical background, framing related research problems, and supporting applications in neighboring fields where these concepts provide useful structure.
This area uses variational principles to derive physical laws, including least-action formulations and related conservation properties.
Wikipedia: Principle of least action
Found in classical mechanics, field theory, and optics.