DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND THE VARIATION OF GREEN'S FUNCTIONS
Abstract
The functional equation technique of dynamic programming is applied to the study of quadratic functionals whose Euler variational equations are linear self-adjoint partial differential equations of the second order. A first consequence is the classical Hadamard variational formula for the Green's function of a region. Some extensions are indicated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 06, 1957
- Accession Number
- AD0606464
Entities
People
- Howard Osborn
- Richard E. Bellman
Organizations
- RAND Corporation