Optimization and Stability Problems in Continuum Mechanics : Lectures Presented at the Symposium on Optimization and Stability Problems in Continuum Mechanics Los Angeles California August 24 1971 The method of Dubovitskii Milyutin in mathematical programming Optimum design of structures through variational principles Optimization problems in hydrofoil propulsion Stability theory for general dynamical systems and some applications Stability of dissipative systems with applications to fluids and magnetofluids