Supercomputer studies in absolute minimization (Q749163)

The author proposes a ``numerical methodology'' for global optimization of functions of real numbers and calculus of variation. He first discretizes the problem of calculus of variation by using the simple trapezoidal rule. Then he discretizes the set of values of the variable by a uniform grid, and evaluates the cost at all points of the grid. As the author says, this method exploits the brute force of a computer.