Abstract
From static equilibria to dynamical problems, this chapter presents the subject of duality theory for convex Hamiltonian systems. The framework for dynamics is the same as that for static systems, but, the duality theorems are more interesting.
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Gao, D.Y. (2000). Bi-Duality in Dynamic Systems. In: Duality Principles in Nonconvex Systems. Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications, vol 39. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3176-7_2
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