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  • Front Cover; Optimization Techniques: With Applications to Aerospace Systems; Copyright Page; Contributors; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1. Theory of Maxima and Minima; Chapter 2. Direct Methods; Chapter 3. Extremization of Linear Integrals by Green's Theorem; Chapter 4. The Calculus of Variations in Applied Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics; Chapter 5. Variational Problems with Bounded Control Variables; Chapter 6. Methods of Gradients; Chapter 7. Pontryagin Maximum Principle; Chapter 8. On the Determination of Optimal Trajectories Via Dynamic Programming.