Nonlinear Programming: Overview of Variables, Cost, and Constraints - Prof. E. Cliff, Study notes of Aerospace Engineering

An overview of nonlinear programming, focusing on independent variables, cost functional, and constraints. It covers special cases for both cost functional and constraints, including linear functions, quadratic functions, and non-smooth nonlinear functions. The document also touches upon vector spaces, subspaces, inner-product spaces, and linear operators.

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Nonlinear Programming (NLP)

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Cost Functional

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Constraints

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Special Cases for for Cost

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linear function

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Special Cases for Constraints

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linear function

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simple bounds

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smooth nonlinear functions

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sparse nonlinear functions

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non-smooth nonlinear functions

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Real (Complex) Vector Space

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vector addition

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