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In this paper we study the optimal control of an initial-boundary value problem for the classical nonviscous Cahn-Hilliard system with zero Neumann boundary conditions. Phase field systems of this type govern the evolution of diffusive…

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This paper aims to establish second order necessary conditions for optimal control in quantum stochastic systems. We employ a variational approach, analogous to methods in classical stochastic control, to analyze systems governed by quantum…

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This paper is concerned with necessary and sufficient second-order conditions for finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional constrained optimization problems. Using a suitably defined directional curvature functional for the admissible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Constantin Christof , Gerd Wachsmuth

Second-order optimality conditions are essential for nonsmooth optimization, where both the objective and constraint functions are Lipschitz continuous and second-order directionally differentiable. This paper provides no-gap second-order…

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In this paper we discuss optimality conditions for abstract optimization problems over complex spaces. We then apply these results to optimal control problems with a semigroup structure. As an application we detail the case when the state…

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We prove necessary optimality conditions of Pontryagin type for a class of fuzzy fractional optimal control problems with the fuzzy fractional derivative described in the Caputo sense. The new results are illustrated by computing the…

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This paper is concerned with a boundary control problem for the Cahn--Hilliard equation coupled with dynamic boundary conditions. In order to handle the control problem, we restrict our analysis to the case of regular potentials defined on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Pierluigi Colli , Andrea Signori

This paper is dedicated to the elementary proof of Pontryagin's maximum principle for problems with free right end point. The proof for the standard problem is taken from the monography of Ioffe and Tichomirov. We assume piecewise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Nico Tauchnitz

We study an optimal control problem associated to the conformal Laplacian obstacle problem on closed n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with n >2. When the Yamabe invariant of the Riemannian manifold is positive, we show that the optimal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye

In this paper we derive a necessary optimality condition for a local optimal solution of some control problems. These optimal control problems are governed by a semi-linear Vettsel boundary value problem of a linear elliptic equation. The…

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We provide simple necessary and sufficient conditions under which a path constitutes a solution to an infinite-horizon, continuous-time optimal control problem. We prove transversality conditions under standard assumptions. We also present…

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We present a constructive method to devise boundary conditions for solutions of second-order elliptic equations so that these solutions satisfy specific qualitative properties such as: (i) the norm of the gradient of one solution is bounded…

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We study a class of optimal control problems governed by nonlinear stochastic equations of monotone type under certain coercivity and linear growth conditions. We give first order necessary conditions of optimality. A stochastic Pontryagin…

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This paper is devoted to establishing an enhanced Fritz John type first-order necessary condition for a general constrained nonlinear infinite-dimensional optimization problem. Unlike traditional constraint qualifications in optimization…

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In this paper we deal with infinite horizon optimal control problems. Basing on weak variations in an extremal problem in weighted function spaces we prove necessary conditions in form of the adjoint equation and a variational inequality.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-05 Nico Tauchnitz

We consider an optimal control problem in which the state is governed by an unilateral obstacle problem (with obstacle from below) and restricted by a pointwise state constraint (from above). In the presence of control constraints, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Ira Neitzel , Gerd Wachsmuth

We study optimality conditions for various types of control problems like the standard optimal control problem, optimal multiprocesses, problems with infinite horizon or the control of Volterra integral equations. To derive necessary…

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