QUASILINEARIZATION, INVARIANT IMBEDDING, AND THE CALCULATION OF EIGENVALUES,

Abstract

Several eigenvalue problems for systems of ordinary differential equations are considered. They are resolved computationally using the quasilinearization technique, a quadratically convergent successive approximation scheme. The essential idea presented is to consider an eigenvalue problem to be a system identification problem. Also shown is the use of invariant imbedding techniques to obtain good initial estimates for eigenvalues in some neutron multiplication processes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0621455

Entities

People

  • Harriet Kagiwada
  • Richard E. Bellman
  • Robert E. Kalaba

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Identification
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis