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This book 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. It also presents some classical sufficient conditions and discusses the importance of distinguishing between the necessary and sufficient conditions. By emphasizing the basic ideas and their mathematical development, the book gives you the foundation to use these mathematical tools to then tackle new problems.
John Burns is the Hatcher Professor of Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a fellow of the IEEE and SIAM. His research interests include distributed parameter control; approximation, control, identification, and optimization of functional and partial differential equations; aero-elastic control systems; fluid/structural control systems; smart materials; optimal design; and sensitivity analysis.
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