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All of us “know” the answer to the question: What is the shape of the shortest plane curve connecting two given points? Of course it is a straight line. In mathematical terms one may pose this question as follows.
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Leitmann, G. (1981). Introduction. In: The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control. Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Science and Engineering, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0333-4_1
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