• maximum principle is one of the most useful and best known tools of study. Solutions of a differential inequality in a domain D satisfy the maximum principle...
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  • Pontryagin's maximum principle is used in optimal control theory to find the best possible control for taking a dynamical system from one state to another...
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    In mathematics, the maximum modulus principle in complex analysis states that if f {\displaystyle f} is a holomorphic function, then the modulus | f |...
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  • Bauer's maximum principle is the following theorem in mathematical optimization: Any function that is convex and continuous, and defined on a set that...
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  • The principle of maximum entropy states that the probability distribution which best represents the current state of knowledge about a system is the one...
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  • The Hopf maximum principle is a maximum principle in the theory of second order elliptic partial differential equations and has been described as the "classic...
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  • In statistics, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of an assumed probability distribution, given some observed...
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  • In mathematics, the Hausdorff maximal principle is an alternate and earlier formulation of Zorn's lemma proved by Felix Hausdorff in 1914 (Moore 1982:168)...
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    proof of the principle itself, Shiu-Yuen Cheng and Yau were able to show that the Ricci curvature assumption in the Omori−Yau maximum principle can be replaced...
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    holomorphic functions. They are (real) analytic; they have a maximum principle and a mean-value principle; a theorem of removal of singularities as well as a Liouville...
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    The maximum power principle or Lotka's principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics. According to American...
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    theory. His maximum principle is fundamental to the modern theory of optimization. He also introduced the idea of a bang–bang principle, to describe...
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  • or the logarithm. Topics in this area include "Maximum principle; Schwarz's lemma, Lindelöf principle, analogues and generalizations". A holomorphic function...
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    are now regarded as fundamental to the field, such as his strong maximum principle for second-order parabolic partial differential equations and the...
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  • respectively the boundary ∂ Ω {\displaystyle \partial \Omega } . A similar maximum principle also holds for the continuous case. The SBP-SAT (summation by parts...
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  • This is done in optimal control theory, in the form of Pontryagin's maximum principle. The fact that solutions of the method of Lagrange multipliers are...
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    Peter Li and Shing-Tung Yau discovered a new method for applying the maximum principle to control the solutions of the heat equation. Their results take...
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  • Harold H. Johnson proved Dubins' result by applying Pontryagin's maximum principle. In particular, Harold H. Johnson presented necessary and sufficient...
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    ky).} There are many variants of the maximum principle. We give a simple one. Theorem. (Weak maximum principle.) Let u ∈ C 2 ( Ω ) ∩ C 1 ( Ω ¯ ) {\displaystyle...
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  • The principle of maximum caliber (MaxCal) or maximum path entropy principle, suggested by E. T. Jaynes, can be considered as a generalization of the principle...
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  • held at the Morito Hall of Tokyo University of Science. Omori−Yau maximum principle Omori, Hideki. "Isometric immersions of Riemannian manifolds." Journal...
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  • optimal control theory was developed by Lev Pontryagin as part of his maximum principle. Pontryagin proved that a necessary condition for solving the optimal...
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  • March 2012, Simon Brendle gave a proof of this conjecture, based on maximum principle techniques. Lawson, H. Blaine Jr. (1970). "The unknottedness of minimal...
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    the sphere are the constants, since harmonic functions satisfy the Maximum principle. Spherical harmonics, as functions on the sphere, are eigenfunctions...
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  • interface design and software design, the principle of least astonishment (POLA), also known as principle of least surprise, proposes that a component...
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  • can be viewed as an application of the principle of parsimony and as a special case of the principle of maximum entropy. In Bayesian probability, this...
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  • strictly positive. The lemma is an important tool in the proof of the maximum principle and in the theory of partial differential equations. The Hopf lemma...
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  • prove the existence of a solution; uniqueness can be proven using the maximum principle. The Dirichlet problem goes back to George Green, who studied the...
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    small variations in temperature at a later time as a result of the maximum principle. In partial differential equations one may measure the distances between...
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  • IATA and FAA codes Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language Pontryagin's maximum principle, in mathematics This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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