Dynamic Optimization and Control A Variational Approach

Princeton, NJ / New York: M.I.T. Press / John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0262110075 . Graphs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The book covers are mostly clean and bright. The text pages are mostly clean and bright but do have foxing to the edges of the text block. There is an inked stamped former owner's name on the front pastedown, rear endpaper and, the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket has several spots of rubbing, wear and a couple of tears to the edges and spine ends, along with some ground-in dirt and spotting. "Dynamical systems theory is an area of mathematics used to describe the behavior of complex dynamical systems, usually by employing differential equations or difference equations. When differential equations are employed, the theory is called continuous dynamical systems. From a physical point of view, continuous dynamical systems is a generalization of classical mechanics, a generalization where the equations of motion are postulated directly and are not constrained to be Euler–Lagrange equations of a least action principle. When difference equations are employed, the theory is called discrete dynamical systems. When the time variable runs over a set that is discrete over some intervals and continuous over other intervals or is any arbitrary time-set such as a Cantor set, one gets dynamic equations on time scales. Some situations may also be modeled by mixed operators, such as differential-difference equations. " (from Wikipedia) .