Talk:Hamiltonian (control theory)

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[edit] Merge Hamiltonian (control theory) and Pontryagin's minimum principle

  • Support - Both articles deal with the same topic - Nmnogueira 16:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Which title? Smmurphy(Talk) 22:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I would keep "Pontryagin's minimum principle" - Nmnogueira 19:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - No harm in having both articles. Encyclops 17:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps true, if we talked about different interpretations of the Hamiltonian and such in this article. Is there more to your idea? Smmurphy(Talk) 02:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
The entry Pontryagin's minimum principle is the more important of the two. The Hamiltonian is just a mathematical expression which occurs in the principle. But I think it is important there should be an entry for the Hamiltonian so that people who hear about it (perhaps without even having heard of Pontryagin) can look it up. If there is no such entry then people will find information in Wikipedia about the Hamiltonian of physics but will miss the fact that there is another thing called a Hamiltonian in optimal control. (So, yes, this entry is about a different interpretation of the word Hamiltonian). A problem with this entry is that it restates the minimum principle and therefore unfortunately duplicates some of the material in Pontryagin's minimum principle. The solution to this is not to kill off this entry but to rewrite it in such a way that it refers to the other entry. Encyclops 00:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
severe harm from having two articles on the same topic, editing goes to two articles that makes two okay articles instead of one good one. 129.2.19.149 14:20, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Check the new version! It should go a long way to meeting your objections. Encyclops 14:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)