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Inequality Constraints in the Calculus of Variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Frank H. Clarke*
Affiliation:
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
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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