Optimization And Nonstandard Analysis

Optimization and Nonstandard Analysis

This text presents an up-to-date overview of optimization and control theory, including existence theory, modelling, approximation and numerical methods. It also provides a self-contained treatment of the theory and practice of non-standard analysis and its applications, illustrated with problems and research material based on optimization theory. A complete set of detailed exercises and a thorough bibliography arranged by topic are included.;College or university bookstores may order five or more copies at a special student price, available upon request.

Optimization and Nonstandard Analysis

Infinitesimal Analysis

Infinitesimal analysis, once a synonym for calculus, is now viewed as a technique for studying the properties of an arbitrary mathematical object by discriminating between its standard and nonstandard constituents. Resurrected by A. Robinson in the early 1960's with the epithet 'nonstandard', infinitesimal analysis not only has revived the methods of infinitely small and infinitely large quantities, which go back to the very beginning of calculus, but also has suggested many powerful tools for research in every branch of modern mathematics. The book sets forth the basics of the theory, as well as the most recent applications in, for example, functional analysis, optimization, and harmonic analysis. The concentric style of exposition enables this work to serve as an elementary introduction to one of the most promising mathematical technologies, while revealing up-to-date methods of monadology and hyperapproximation. This is a companion volume to the earlier works on nonstandard methods of analysis by A.G. Kusraev and S.S. Kutateladze (1999), ISBN 0-7923-5921-6 and Nonstandard Analysis and Vector Lattices edited by S.S. Kutateladze (2000), ISBN 0-7923-6619-0