Book of Donmon Teith

This is an intuitively motivated presentation of many topics in classical mechanics and related areas of control theory and calculus of variations. All topics t

This textbook offers a concise yet rigorous introduction to calculus of variations and optimal control theory, and is a self-contained resource for graduate stu

Functional analysis owes much of its early impetus to problems that arise in the calculus of variations. In turn, the methods developed there have been applied

First truly up-to-date treatment offers a simple introduction to optimal control, linear-quadratic control design, and more. Broad perspective features numerous

A paperback edition of this successful textbook for final year undergraduate mathematicians and control engineering students, this book contains exercises and m