This is the first truly up-to-date treatment of calculus of variations - and the first to incorporate a simple introduction to key concepts such as optimization, optimal control, bang-bang, Pontryagin's maximum principle, or LQ control design. Introduces all material using simple, easily understood applications that are worked and reprised several times throughout. Features a large number of exercises, ranging widely in difficulty. Gives readers a broader, "big picture" perspective that makes the material less overwhelming. Offers a useful, stand-alone discussion of MATLAB ("MATLAB Cookbook") in the appendices. Includes a clear introduction to weak/strong sufficiency. A useful reference for engineers, chemists, and forest/environmental managers.

Calculus Of Variations: Mechanics, Control, and Other Applications

Health, Fitness & Dieting

MacCluer, Charles R.

Alternative Medicine

Pearson College Div

This book provides a concise, single-source survey of all the mathematics most useful in industry today-- particularly modeling and the unit $. Each chapter begins with a brief review of some relevant mathematics; then introduces the industrial extension of this same material via typical real-world applications. The power of interweaving analytic with computing methods during problem solving is demonstrated throughout and MATLAB code is integrated into the flow of the narrative. A chapter on Technical Writing--covering formal technical reports, memos, progress reports, executive summaries, problem statements, overhead projector presentations--shows how to best present mathematical data in a variety of situations. Statistical Reasoning. Monte Carlo Methods. Data Acquisition and Manipulation. The Discrete Fourier Transform. Linear Programming. Regression. Cost Benefit Analysis. Microeconomics. Ordinary Differential Equations. Frequency Domain Methods. Partial Differential Equations. Divided Differences. Galerkin's Method. Splines. A handbook or reference for Engineers, Project Managers, Mathematical Consultants, Statisticians for a quick study of mathematical issues that may arise in the workplace.

Industrial Mathematics: Modeling in Industry, Science, and Government

Science & Math

Mathematics

PRENTICE/HALL

Students of mathematics, engineering, and science can learn how to apply classroom techniques to workplace problems with this concise single-volume text. It employs MATLAB and other strategies to resolve issues related to statistical reasoning, data acquisition, cost-benefit analysis, and other common workplace procedures. Each chapter begins with a brief review of relevant mathematics, followed by an examination of the material's typical industrial applications. The author demonstrates the problem-solving power of interweaving analytic and computing methods and integrates MATLAB code into the narrative flow. Topics include the Monte Carlo method, the discrete Fourier transform, linear programming, regression, microeconomics, ordinary and partial differential equations, and frequency domain methods. A concluding chapter on technical writing explains how to present mathematical data in a variety of situations and offers helpful suggestions for assembling formal technical reports, progress reports, executive summaries, and other statements.

A Survey of Industrial Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Dover Publications

The first truly up-to-date treatment of the calculus of variations, this text is also the first to offer a simple introduction to such key concepts as optimal control and linear-quadratic control design. Suitable for junior/senior–level students of math, science, and engineering, this volume also serves as a useful reference for engineers, chemists, and forest/environmental managers. Its broad perspective features numerous exercises, hints, outlines, and comments, plus several appendixes, including a practical discussion of MATLAB. Students will appreciate the text's reader-friendly style, which features gradual advancements in difficulty and starts by developing technique rather than focusing on technical details. The examples and exercises offer many citations of engineering-based applications, and the exercises range from elementary to graduate-level projects, including longer projects and those related to classic papers.

Calculus of Variations: Mechanics, Control and Other Applications (Dover Books on Mathematics)

This is the first modern calculus book to be organized axiomatically and to survey the subject's applicability to science and engineering. A challenging exposition of calculus in the European style, it is an excellent text for a first-year university honors course or for a third-year analysis course. The calculus is built carefully from the axioms with all the standard results deduced from these axioms. The concise construction, by design, provides maximal flexibility for the instructor and allows the student to see the overall flow of the development. At the same time, the book reveals the origins of the calculus in celestial mechanics and number theory.
 The book introduces many topics often left to the appendixes in standard calculus textbooks and develops their connections with physics, engineering, and statistics. The author uses applications of derivatives and integrals to show how calculus is applied in these disciplines. Solutions to all exercises (even those involving proofs) are available to instructors upon request, making this book unique among texts in the field.
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 <li> Focuses on single variable calculus </li>
 <li> Provides a balance of precision and intuition </li>
 <li> Offers both routine and demanding exercises</li>
 
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Honors Calculus

Princeton University Press

For a first course in the topic using the modern, norm-based Sobolev techniques not currently available in published format. Major concepts are presented with minimal possible detail and details are pushed into the exercises, omitted, or postponed until later sections. Includes worked examples of practical, real-world problems in areas such as mechanical vibrations, heat conduction, waveguides, and quantum mechanics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Boundary Value Problems and Orthogonal Expansions: Physical Problems from a Sobolev Viewpoint

Inst of Electrical &

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