Maximum and Minimum Principles: A Unified Approach with Applications

by M.J. Sewell

Book Overview

In many problems of applied mathematics, science, engineering or economics, an energy expenditure or its analogue can be approximated by upper and lower bounds. This book provides a unified account of the theory required to establish such bounds, by expressing the governing conditions of the problem, and the bounds, in terms of a saddle functional and its gradients. There are several features, including a chapter on the Legendre dual transformation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521348765
• ISBN13: 9780521348768
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"