Infinite Dimensional Optimization and Control Theory

Treats optimal problems for systems described by ODEs and PDEs, using an approach that unifies finite and infinite dimensional nonlinear programming.

Part I. Finite Dimensional Control Problems: 1. Calculus of variations and control theory; 2. Optimal control problems without target conditions; 3. Abstract minimization problems: the minimum principle for the time optimal problem; 4. Abstract minimization problems: the minimum principle for general optimal control problems; Part II. Infinite Dimensional Control Problems: 5. Differential equations in Banach spaces and semigroup theory; 6. Abstract minimization problems in Hilbert spaces: applications to hyperbolic control systems; 7. Abstract minimization problems in Banach spaces: abstract parabolic linear and semilinear equations; 8. Interpolation and domains of fractional powers; 9. Linear control systems; 10. Optimal control problems with state constraints; 11. Optimal control problems with state constraints: The abstract parabolic case; Part III. Relaxed Controls: 12. Spaces of relaxed controls: topology and measure theory; 13. Relaxed controls in finite dimensional systems: existence theory; 14. Relaxed controls in infinite dimensional spaces: existence theory.