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The purpose of this paper is to show how Leitmann’s equivalent problem approach ties in with the classical notions of the calculus of variations and how it can be exploited to give a rapid and elegant approach to the Weierstrass theory of sufficient conditions. Fixed, free and constrained endpoint conditions are considered.
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Communicated by D.A. Carlson.
The author thanks Dean Carlson, George Leitmann and Saeed Mohammadian Moghayer for helpful remarks and discussions. This work has been supported by NWO under a MaGW-VIDI grant.
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Wagener, F.O.O. On the Leitmann Equivalent Problem Approach. J Optim Theory Appl 142, 229–242 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-009-9513-8
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