Background
Leitmann, George was born on May 24, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1944. Son of Josef and Stella (Fischer) Leitmann.
(When the Tyrian princess Dido landed on the North African...)
When the Tyrian princess Dido landed on the North African shore of the Mediterranean sea she was welcomed by a local chieftain. He offered her all the land that she could enclose between the shoreline and a rope of knotted cowhide. While the legend does not tell us, we may assume that Princess Dido arrived at the correct solution by stretching the rope into the shape of a circular arc and thereby maximized the area of the land upon which she was to found Carthage. This story of the founding of Carthage is apocryphal. Nonetheless it is probably the first account of a problem of the kind that inspired an entire mathematical discipline, the calculus of variations and its extensions such as the theory of optimal control. This book is intended to present an introductory treatment of the calculus of variations in Part I and of optimal control theory in Part II. The discussion in Part I is restricted to the simplest problem of the calculus of variations. The topic is entirely classical; all of the basic theory had been developed before the turn of the century. Consequently the material comes from many sources; however, those most useful to me have been the books of Oskar Bolza and of George M. Ewing. Part II is devoted to the elementary aspects of the modern extension of the calculus of variations, the theory of optimal control of dynamical systems.
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Leitmann, George was born on May 24, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1944. Son of Josef and Stella (Fischer) Leitmann.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1949. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1956.
Doctor Engineering honoris causa, Technology University Vienna, 1988. Doctor honoris causa, University Paris, 1989. Doctor honoris causa, Technology University Darmstadt, 1990.
Physicist, head aeroballistics section United States Naval Ordnance Station, China Lake, 1950-1957. Member faculty University California, Berkeley, since 1957, professor engineering science, since 1963, first academy ombudsman, 1968—1970, professor graduate school, since 1995, associate dean academy affairs, 1981-1990, associate dean research, 1990-1994, acting dean, 1988, chair faculty, 1994-1998, associate dean international relations, since 2003. Consultant to aerospace industry and government.
Lecturer in field; With Army of the United States, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations, combat engineers, special agent Counter Intelligence Corps.
(When the Tyrian princess Dido landed on the North African...)
(When the Tyrian princess Dido landed on the North African...)
(1966 HARDCOVER)
Chairman board directors ARTSHIP Foundation. Master knight Order of Knights of Vine. Member Academy Italiana della Cucina.
Member of National Academy of Engineering, World Innovation Foundation, Georgian Academy of Sciences, A. V. Humboldt Association American (president 1994-1997), Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Georgian Academy Engineering, Russian Academy Natural Science, Argentine National Academy Engineering, International Academy Astronautics, Academy of Sciences Bologna.
Married Nancy Lloyd, January 28, 1955. Children: Josef Lloyd, Elaine Michèle.