Written by a leading expert in turnpike phenomenon, this book is devoted
to the study of symmetric optimization, variational and optimal control
problems in infinite dimensional spaces and turnpike properties of their
approximate solutions. The book presents a systematic and comprehensive
study of general classes of problems in optimization, calculus of
variations, and optimal control with symmetric structures from the
viewpoint of the turnpike phenomenon. The author establishes generic
existence and well-posedness results for optimization problems and
individual (not generic) turnpike results for variational and optimal
control problems. Rich in impressive theoretical results, the author
presents applications to crystallography and discrete dispersive
dynamical systems which have prototypes in economic growth theory.
This book will be useful for researchers interested in optimal control,
calculus of variations turnpike theory and their applications, such as
mathematicians, mathematical economists, and researchers in
crystallography, to name just a few.