Extremal problems for elliptic systems
The problem is that of minimizing the functional \[ I(\sigma, u) = \int_\Omega F(x, \sigma, u, \nabla u) dx \] where the vector function \(u = (u_1, \dots, u_m)\) satisfies \[ \text{div} A(x) \nabla u = \text{div } f(x, \sigma), \] with Dirichlet boundary conditions in an \(n\)-dimensional domain \(\Omega.\) Here \(f(x, \sigma)\) is another vector function and \(A(x)\) a matrix function of appropriate dimension; \(\sigma\) is a control parameter roaming over a nonconvex set. In previous work, the author has proved that in the case of a single equation \((m = 1)\) convexification (or relaxation) preserves the price of the problem (even for non weakly continuous functionals) and gives the strong closure of the set of feasible states; moreover, a version of Pontryagin's maximum principle holds as a necessary optimality condition. In this paper, it is shown that none of the above need to hold for elliptic systems with \(m \geq n.\) For the entire collection see [Zbl 0885.00052].
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