Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory

M. R. Hestenes London: John Wiley. 1967. Pp. xii + 405. Price £5. Professor Hestenes has been a leading researcher on optimization theory since the early 1930's and this book contains much of his original work in the field. The first three chapters are of an introductory nature and contain the classical, calculus of variations, approach of first and second variations.