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We prove a necessary optimality condition of Euler--Lagrange type for the calculus of variations with Omega derivatives, which turns out to be sufficient under jointly convexity of the Lagrangian.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Márcia Lemos-Silva , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper studies multiobjective optimal control problems in the continuous-time framework when the space of states and the space of controls are infinite-dimensional and with lighter smoothness assumptions than the usual ones. The paper…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Naila Hayek , Hasan Yilmaz

We obtain a nonsmooth extension of Noether's symmetry theorem for variational problems with delayed arguments. The result is proved to be valid in the class of Lipschitz functions, as long as the delayed Euler-Lagrange extremals are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-11 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

We develop a variational technique for some wide classes of nonlinear evolutions. The novelty here is that we derive the main information directly from the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations. In particular, we prove that not only the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Arkady Poliakovsky

The aim of this paper is to bring together a new type of quantum calculus, namely $p $-calculus, and variational calculus. We develop $p $-variational calculus and obtain a necessary optimality condition of Euler-Lagrange type and a…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-03-17 İlker Gençtürk

In the present work, we formulate a necessary condition for functionals with Lagrangians depending on fractional derivatives of differentiable functions to possess an extremum. The Euler-Lagrange equation we obtained generalizes previously…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-08-01 Matheus Jatkoske Lazo

In this paper, we describe a geometric setting for higher-order lagrangian problems on Lie groups. Using left-trivialization of the higher-order tangent bundle of a Lie group and an adaptation of the classical Skinner-Rusk formalism, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-04-19 Leonardo Colombo , David Martin de Diego

This paper studies the utility maximization problem with changing time horizons in the incomplete Brownian setting. We first show that the primal value function and the optimal terminal wealth are continuous with respect to the time horizon…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2010-10-04 Kasper Larsen , Hang Yu

Necessary conditions of optimality in the form of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle are derived for the Bolza-type discounted problem with free right end. The optimality is understood in the sense of the uniformly overtaking optimality. Such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Dmitry Khlopin

The calculus of variations on time scales is considered. We propose a new approach to the subject that consists in applying a differentiation tool called the contingent epiderivative. It is shown that the contingent epiderivative applied to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-03 Ewa Girejko , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

Isoperimetric problems consist in minimizing or maximizing a cost functional subject to an integral constraint. In this work, we present two fractional isoperimetric problems where the Lagrangian depends on a combined Caputo derivative of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-17 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove Euler-Lagrange fractional equations and sufficient optimality conditions for problems of the calculus of variations with functionals containing both fractional derivatives and fractional integrals in the sense of Riemann-Liouville.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-10-02 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove general necessary optimality conditions for delta-nabla isoperimetric problems of the calculus of variations.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-11-17 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper provides second-order optimality conditions for optimization problems with generalized equation constraints (GEPs), a framework that encompasses several important and challenging models in mathematical programming, including…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-29 M. Benko , H. Gfrerer , J. J. Ye , J. Zhang , J. Zhou

In the work, the property of the second-order subdifferential is studied and second-order optimality conditions are obtained for the minimization problem. We also obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for an extremum for the extremal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-23 M. A. Sadygov

We consider a problem of optimal control of an infinite horizon system governed by forward-backward stochastic differential equations with delay. Sufficient and necessary maximum principles for optimal control under partial information in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-09 Nacira Agram , Bernt Øksendal

The study of fractional variational problems with derivatives in the sense of Caputo is a recent subject, the main results being Agrawal's necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange and respective transversality conditions. Using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-01-16 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

We establish Euler-Lagrange equations for a problem of Calculus of variations where the unknown variable contains a term of delay on a segment.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-31 Joël Blot , Mamadou Ibrahima Koné

In the present work, we obtain the constants of motion for isoperimetric variational problems with time delay. We consider a constrained optimization problem where the Lagrangian function defining the functional depends on time delayed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-07 G. S. F. Frederico , M. J. Lazo , M. N. F. Barreto , J. Paiva

We develop a methodology for closing duality gap and guaranteeing strong duality in infinite convex optimization. Specifically, we examine two new Lagrangian-type dual formulations involving infinitely many dual variables and infinite sums…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Abderrahim Hantoute , Alexander Y. Kruger , Marco A. López