(from the author's Preface): This book is a record of my lectures on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory given at the University of CA, Los Angeles. Variational theory is presented from three points of view.

Calculus of variations and optimal control theory

Science & Math

Hestenes, Magnus Rudolph

Mathematics

R.E. Krieger Pub. Co.

Optimization theory: The finite dimensional case

R.E. Krieger

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Calculus of variations and optimal control theory

Optimization theory: The finite dimensional case