Introduction To The Calculus of Variations And Its Applications, Second Edition
Author | : Frederic Wan |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0412051419 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780412051418 |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Download or read book Introduction To The Calculus of Variations And Its Applications, Second Edition written by Frederic Wan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text provides all information necessary for an introductory course on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory. Following a thorough discussion of the basic problem, including sufficient conditions for optimality, the theory and techniques are extended to problems with a free end point, a free boundary, auxiliary and inequality constraints, leading to a study of optimal control theory.