Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-456) and index
  • Front Cover; Theory of Extremal Problems; Copyright Page; Preface; Basic notation; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 0 INTRODUCTION. BACKGROUND MATERIAL; CHAPTER 1 NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTREMUM; CHAPTER 2 NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTREMUM IN THE CLASSICAL PROBLEMS OF THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS AND OPTIMAL CONTROL; CHAPTER 3 ELEMENTS OF CONVEX ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 4 LOCAL CONVEX ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 5 LOCALLY CONVEX PROBLEMS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE FOR PROBLEMS WITH PHASE CONSTRAINTS; CHAPTER 6 SPECIAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER 7 SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTREMUM.