Magnus Rudolph Hestenes

1906

• Optimization theory
• Calculus of variations and optimal control theory
• Calculus of variations and optimal control theory
• Conjugate direction methods in optimization
• NBS-INA, the Institute for Numerical Analysis, UCLA 1947-1954
• NBS-NIA, the Institute for Numerical Analysis, UCLA 1947-1954
• Solutions of [Ax equals lamda Bx by] M.R. Hestenes and W. Karush
• Sufficient conditions for the general problem of Mayer with variable end-points