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How not to discretize the control

Numerical Analysis 2016-03-24 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this short note, we address the discretization of optimal control problems with higher order polynomials. We develop a necessary and sufficient condition to ensure that weak limits of discrete feasible controls are feasible for the original problem. We show by means of a simple counterexample that a naive discretization by higher order polynomials can lead to non-feasible limits of sequences of discrete solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1603.07099,
  title  = {How not to discretize the control},
  author = {Daniel Wachsmuth and Gerd Wachsmuth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.07099},
  year   = {2016}
}
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