Optimal control of the periodic string equation with internal control (Q1291826)

The paper considers the problem of minimizing of a convex functional over pairs \((y,u)\) satisfying \[ y_{tt}(x, t)- y_{xx}(x, t)= m(x)u(x, t),\quad x\in(0,\pi),\quad t\in\mathbb{R}, \] \[ y(0,t)= y(\pi, t)= 0,\quad t\in\mathbb{R}, \] \[ y(x,t+ T)= y(x,t),\quad x\in (0,\pi),\quad t\in\mathbb{R}, \] where the controls \(L_{2\text{ loc}}((0, \pi)\times \mathbb{R})\) are \(T\)-periodic in \(t\). The author gives a necessary and sufficient optimality condition in the form of the maximum principle. The existence of an optimal control is given provided that the integrand of the cost functional satisfies some additional growth conditions.