Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes: The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes

by L.S. Pontryagin

The fourth and final volume in this comprehensive set presents the maximum principle as a wide ranging solution to nonclassical, variational problems. This one mathematical method can be applied in a variety of situations, including linear equations with variable coefficients, optimal processes with delay, and the jump condition. As with the three preceding volumes, all the material contained with the 42 sections of this volume is made easily accessible by way of numerous examples, both concrete and abstract in nature.

382 pages, Hardcover

First published March 6, 1987

About the author

Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin (Russian: Лев Семёнович Понтря́гин) was a Soviet mathematician.