Optimal bang-bang controls arising in a Sobolev impulse control problem (Q1069118)

An optimal impulse control problem governed by an equation of the form \(My_ t+Ly=v(t)\delta_ a(x)\), \(y(x,0)=0\), \(y|_{\Sigma}=0\) is studied. The control v is ristricted by \(| v(t)| \leq 1\) and the aim is to minimize \(\int_{\Omega}(y(T,x)-z(x))^ 2dx\). M and L are symmetric and elliptic operators. The optimality conditions and a bang- bang principle are derived. For the optimal control the number of switches is discussed. Moreover, a sequence is constructed from the optimality conditions which converges almost everywhere to the optimal control.