The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: An Introduction

I. Calculus of Variations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Problem Statement and Necessary Conditions for an Extremum.- 3. Integration of the Euler-Lagrange Equation.- 4. An Inverse Problem.- 5. The Weierstrass Necessary Condition.- 6. Jacobi's Necessary Condition.- 7. Corner Conditions.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- II. Optimal Control.- 9. Introduction.- 10. Problem Statement and Optimality.- 11. Regular Optimal Trajectories.- 12. Examples of Extremal Control.- 13. Some Generalizations.- 14. Special Systems.- 15. Sufficient Conditions.- 16. Feedback Control.- 17. Optimization with Vector-Valued Cost.- References.