29 Gennaio, 2007 17:00
Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano
A painless overview of nonsmooth analysis and its applications
Francis Clarke, Université de Lyon 1 & Institut universitaire de France (Lione, Francia)
Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni - Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca - Via Cozzi 53 -Milano Aula 3014
Abstract
Nonsmooth analysis is the subject that develops differential calculus for functions that don't have derivatives in the usual sense. Its applications are wide-ranging, from basic analysis and optimization to mechanics and control theory. We give a non-technical account of its principal ideas, together with some of its applications. We also reveal that nonsmooth analysis is an Italian invention.