Mayer problem
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
One of the fundamental problems in the calculus of variations (cf. Variational calculus) on a conditional extremum. The Mayer problem is the following: Find a minimum of the functional
in the presence of differential constraints of the type
and boundary conditions
For details see Bolza problem.
The Mayer problem is named after A. Mayer, who studied necessary conditions for its solution (at the end of the 19th century).
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Mayer problem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mayer_problem&oldid=17803
Mayer problem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mayer_problem&oldid=17803
This article was adapted from an original article by I.B. Vapnyarskii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article