Optimisation Theory (MATH3404)
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Mathematics & Physics School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class contact
3 Lecture hours, 1 Tutorial hour
Prerequisite
MATH2000 or MATH2001
Assessment methods
Examination, assignments
Course coordinator
Dr Min-Chun Hong
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2019 | St Lucia | Internal | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Calculus of variations: critical points; Euler equations; transversality; corner conditions; Hamilton equations; Jacobi equations; Legendre sufficient condition; Weierstrass E-function. Control theory: Lagrange, Mayer & Bolza problems; Pontryagin maximal principle, legendre transformations, augmented Hamiltonians, transversality, bang-bang control, linear systems.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2018 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2017 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2016 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2015 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2014 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2013 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2012 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2011 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2010 | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |