Quasidifferentiability and Nonsmooth Modelling in Mechanics, Engineering and Economics

• Preface. Introduction. Guidelines for the Readers. 1. Nonsmooth Analysis. The One-Dimensional Case. 2. Quasidifferentiable Functions and Sets. Quasidifferentiable Optimization and Optimality Conditions. 3. Nonsmooth Mechanics I. Nonsmooth Modelling in Mechanics. 4. Nonsmooth Mechanics II. Variational Formulations Using Quasidifferentiability. 5. Additional Topics. Stability, Economics, Flow Problems, Dynamic Problems. 6. Nonsmooth Optimization Algorithms. Quasidifferentiable and Codifferentiable Optimization. 7. Nonsmooth Computational Mechanics I. Modelling and Applications. 8. Nonsmooth Computational Mechanics II. Algorithms and Examples. Subject Index.

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