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Applied Stochastic Analysis
A collection of 22 articles based on papers presented at a workshop held at Imperial College, London, April 1989. They concern applications of stochastic analysis--the theory of stochastic integration, martingales and Markov processes--to a variety of applied problems centered around optimization of dynamical systems under uncertainty. Topics covered include characterization and approximation for stochastic system models, problems in stochastic control theory, and various facets of nonlinear filtering theory and system identification. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Variational and Optimal Control Problems on Unbounded Domains
This volume contains the proceedings of the workshop on Variational and Optimal Control Problems on Unbounded Domains, held in memory of Arie Leizarowitz, from January 9-12, 2012, in Haifa, Israel. The workshop brought together a select group of worldwide experts in optimal control theory and the calculus of variations, working on problems on unbounded domains. The papers in this volume cover many different areas of optimal control and its applications. Topics include needle variations in infinite-horizon optimal control, Lyapunov stability with some extensions, small noise large time asymptotics for the normalized Feynman-Kac semigroup, linear-quadratic optimal control problems with state delays, time-optimal control of wafer stage positioning, second order optimality conditions in optimal control, state and time transformations of infinite horizon problems, turnpike properties of dynamic zero-sum games, and an infinite-horizon variational problem on an infinite strip. This book is co-published with Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
The General Theory of Homogenization
Homogenization is not about periodicity, or Gamma-convergence, but about understanding which effective equations to use at macroscopic level, knowing which partial differential equations govern mesoscopic levels, without using probabilities (which destroy physical reality); instead, one uses various topologies of weak type, the G-convergence of Sergio Spagnolo, the H-convergence of François Murat and the author, and some responsible for the appearance of nonlocal effects, which many theories in continuum mechanics or physics guessed wrongly. For a better understanding of 20th century science, new mathematical tools must be introduced, like the author’s H-measures, variants by Patrick Gérard, and others yet to be discovered.
Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization
This volume contains the proceedings of the IMU/AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, held from June 16-19, 2014, at the Second Joint International Meeting of the Israel Mathematical Union (IMU) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Bar-Ilan and Tel-Aviv Universities, Israel, and the Workshop on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, held on June 12, 2014, at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The papers in this volume cover many different topics in Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, including: Taylor domination property for analytic functions in the complex disk, mappings with upper integral bounds for p -moduli, multiple Fourier transforms and trigono...
Optimal Shape Design
Optimal Shape Design is concerned with the optimization of some performance criterion dependent (besides the constraints of the problem) on the "shape" of some region. The main topics covered are: the optimal design of a geometrical object, for instance a wing, moving in a fluid; the optimal shape of a region (a harbor), given suitable constraints on the size of the entrance to the harbor, subject to incoming waves; the optimal design of some electrical device subject to constraints on the performance. The aim is to show that Optimal Shape Design, besides its interesting industrial applications, possesses nontrivial mathematical aspects. The main theoretical tools developed here are the homogenization method and domain variations in PDE. The style is mathematically rigorous, but specifically oriented towards applications, and it is intended for both pure and applied mathematicians. The reader is required to know classical PDE theory and basic functional analysis.
Game and Economic Theory
Outstanding works showing the application of game theory to economic theory.
Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations
This volume contains expounded versions of the lectures given at the recent Colloquium. The papers are mostly devoted to the study of asymptotic properties of (and stability problems relating to) solutions of ordinary and functional differential equations. Also featured is the new approach to nonlinear differential equations, using the methods of abstract dynamical systems. Papers concerned with applications in mechanics, physics, biology, and control, may also be found.
