Relaxation in optimization theory and variational calculus / Tomáš Roubiček.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roubiček, Tomáš, 1956- author.

Series:

De Gruyter series in nonlinear analysis and applications ; v. 4

De Gruyter series in nonlinear analysis and applications, 0941-813X ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relaxation methods (Mathematics).

Mathematical optimization.

Calculus of variations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 582 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The relaxation method has enjoyed an intensive development during many decades and this new edition of this comprehensive text reflects in particular the main achievements in the past 20 years. Moreover, many further improvements and extensions are included, both in the direction of optimal control and optimal design as well as in numerics and applications in materials science, along with an updated treatment of the abstract parts of the theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Preface to the second edition

1 Background Generalities

2 Theory of Convex Compactifications

3 Young Measures and Their Generalizations

4 Relaxation in Optimization Theory

5 Relaxation in Variational Calculus: Scalar Case

6 Relaxation in Variational Calculus: Vectorial Case

7 Relaxation in Game Theory

8 Relaxation in evolutionary problems

Bibliography

List of Symbols

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Roubiček, Tomáš, 1956- author. Relaxation in optimization theory and variational calculus

ISBN:

9783110589740

9783110590852

OCLC:

1243310386