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Generic uniqueness and conjugate points for optimal control problems

Optimization and Control 2025-01-22 v1

Abstract

The paper is concerned with an optimal control problem on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, where the dynamics is linear w.r.t.~the control functions. For a terminal cost ψ\psi in a mathcalGδmathcal{G}_\delta set of C4(Rn)\mathcal{C}^4(\mathbb{R}^n) (i.e., in a countable intersection of open dense subsets), two main results are proved.Namely: the set ΓψRn\Gamma_\psi\subset\mathbb{R}^n of conjugate points is closed, with locally bounded (n2)(n-2)-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Moreover, the set of initial points yRnΓψy\in \mathbb{R}^n\setminus\Gamma_\psi, which admit two or more globally optimal trajectories, is contained in the union of a locally finite family of embedded manifolds. In particular, the value function is continuously differentiable on an open, dense subset of Rn\mathbb{R}^n.

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@article{arxiv.2501.10572,
  title  = {Generic uniqueness and conjugate points for optimal control problems},
  author = {Alberto Bressan and Marco Mazzola and Khai T. Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10572},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages, 1 figure

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