He's amazing calculations with the Ritz method
Mathematical Physics
2009-01-30 v1 math.MP
Abstract
We discuss an earlier application of the Ritz variational method for strongly nonlinear problems. We clearly prove that the results derived for several extremely simple problems of supposedly physical and mathematical interest do not provide any clue on the utility of the approach.
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@article{arxiv.0901.4660,
title = {He's amazing calculations with the Ritz method},
author = {Paolo Amore and Francisco M. Fernande},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4660},
year = {2009}
}