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Inequality Constraints in the Calculus of Variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Frank H. Clarke
Frank H. Clarke*
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

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The classical multiplier rule. The purpose of this section is to review the multiplier rule in order to place the results of this report in perspective. Let us begin by considering the following problem of Mayer in the calculus of variations: we seek to minimize

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1977 , pp. 528 - 540
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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