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Gauge Symmetries and Noether Currents in Optimal Control

Optimization and Control 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We extend the second Noether theorem to optimal control problems which are invariant under symmetries depending upon k arbitrary functions of the independent variable and their derivatives up to some order m. As far as we consider a semi-invariance notion, and the transformation group may also depend on the control variables, the result is new even in the classical context of the calculus of variations.

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@article{arxiv.math/0301116,
  title  = {Gauge Symmetries and Noether Currents in Optimal Control},
  author = {Delfim F. M. Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0301116},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Partially presented at the 5th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control (Controlo 2002), Aveiro, Portugal, September 5-7, 2002. Accepted for publication in Applied Mathematics E-Notes, Volume 3. See http://www.mat.ua.pt/delfim for other works