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This lecture deals with convexity properties of some structural optimization problems, and with the closely related question of local versus global optima.

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Svanberg, K. (1993). Local and Global Optima. In: Rozvany, G.I.N. (eds) Optimization of Large Structural Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 231. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9577-8_28

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