A primer on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Providence, R.I. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
American Mathematical Society,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 252 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
22 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Student mathematical library ;
Volume Designation
v. 50
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The brachistochrone -- The fundamental problem. Extremals -- The insufficiency of extremality -- Important first integrals -- The du Bois-Reymond equation -- The corner conditions -- Legendre's necessary condition -- Jacobi's necessary condition -- Weak versus strong variations -- Weierstrass's necessary condition -- The transversality conditions -- Hilbert's invariant integral -- The fundamental sufficient condition -- Jacobi's condition revisited -- Isoperimetrical problems -- Optimal control problems -- Necessary conditions for optimality -- Time-optimal control -- A singular control problem -- A biological control problem -- Optimal control to a general target -- Navigational control problems -- State variable restrictions -- Optimal harvesting