Eduardo Souza de Cursi,INSA de Rouen, France
Rubens Sampaio, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ISBN : 9781848211773
Publication Date : May 2010
Hardcover 528 pp
215.00 USD
Co-publisher
This reference book gives to the reader a complete but comprehensive presentation of the foundations of convex analysis and presents applications to significant situations in engineering. The presentation of the theory is self-contained and the proof of all the essential results is given.
The examples consider meaningful situations such as the modeling of curvilinear structures, the motion of a mass of people or the solidification of a material. Non convex situations are considered by means of relaxation methods and the connections between probability and convexity are explored and exploited in order to generate numerical algorithms.
PART 1. MOTIVATION: EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS
1. Curvilinear Continuous Media.
2. Unilateral System Dynamics.
3. A Simplified Model of Fusion/Solidification.
4. Minimization of a Non-Convex Function.
5. Simple Models of Plasticity.
PART 2. THEORETICAL ELEMENTS
6. Elements of Set Theory.
7. Real Hilbert Spaces.
8. Convex Sets.
9. Functionals on a Hilbert Space.
10. Optimization.
11. Variational Problems.
Eduardo Souza de Cursi is Professor, Director of European and International Relations and Director of the Laboratory of Mechanics at INSA-Rouen in France.
Rubens Sampaio is Professor at PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His fields of interest are Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.
