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The oldest variational problem considered by man was the choice of the shortest path connecting two points. The obvious solution was the segment of the straight line.
The most beautiful slid
is the sphere, and the most
beautiful plane figure
the circle.
Phytagoras
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Górecki, H. (2018). Elements of Variational Calculus. In: Optimization and Control of Dynamic Systems . Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 107. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62646-8_9
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