Accession Number:

AD0712543

Title:

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE SIMPLEST PROBLEM OF THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RICE UNIV HOUSTON TEX AERO-ASTRONAUTICS GROUP

Personal Author(s):

• Miele,Angelo
• Pritchard,Robert E.

Report Date:

1970-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

The paper discusses numerical techniques for solving the simplest problem in the calculus of variations. Both first-variation methods and second-variation methods are reviewed. Author

Descriptors:

• (*CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS
• PROBLEM SOLVING)
• INTEGRALS
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• OPTIMIZATION
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• ITERATIONS
• ALGORITHMS

Subject Categories:

• Theoretical Mathematics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE