MA6360 OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES


Course Details

Hilbert spaces: The projection theorem - Approximation - Minimum norm problems. Calculus of variations: Extrema functionals - Gateax variatin - Euler-Lagrange equations - Problems with variable end points - Isoperimetric problem - Direct methods for solving variational problems. Optimal Control Theory: Pontryagin's maximum principle - Time optimal problems.

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