Download or read book Introduction to the Theory of Nonlinear Optimization written by Johannes Jahn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-09-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as an introductory text to optimization theory in normed spaces and covers all areas of nonlinear optimization. It presents fundamentals with particular emphasis on the application to problems in the calculus of variations, approximation and optimal control theory. The reader is expected to have a basic knowledge of linear functional analysis.