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The optimal control and its multiple applications

Optimization and Control 2009-09-20 v1 History and Overview

Abstract

In this work we refer to motivations, applications, and relations of control theory with other areas of mathematics. We present a brief historical review of optimal control theory, from its roots in the calculus of variations and the classical theory of control to the present time, giving particular emphasis to the Pontryagin maximum principle.

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@article{arxiv.0903.4019,
  title  = {The optimal control and its multiple applications},
  author = {Cristiana J. Silva and Delfim F. M. Torres and Emmanuel Trelat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4019},
  year   = {2009}
}

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manuscript in Portuguese

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