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Introduction to the Calculus of Variations and Control with Modern Applications provides the fundamental background required to develop rigorous necessary conditions that are the starting points for theoretical and numerical approaches to modern variational calculus and control problems. The book al...

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Main Author: Burns, John A. (John Allen), 1945-
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2014.
©2014
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC applied mathematics and nonlinear science series.
Subjects:
Calculus of variations.
Calcul des variations.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Calculus of variations
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Summary:Introduction to the Calculus of Variations and Control with Modern Applications provides the fundamental background required to develop rigorous necessary conditions that are the starting points for theoretical and numerical approaches to modern variational calculus and control problems. The book also presents some classical sufficient conditions and discusses the importance of distinguishing between the necessary and sufficient conditions. In the first part of the text, the author develops the calculus of variations and provides complete proofs of the main results. He explains how the ideas b.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 544 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-537) and index.
ISBN:9781466571402
1466571403