Optimal pointwise control of semilinear parabolic equations (Q1817981)

The paper considers the problem of minimizing the functional \[ I(y,u)= \int_\Omega|y(T)- y_d|^s dx+ \beta\int^T_0 |u(t)|^q dt \] over all pairs \((y,u)\in L_1(0,T; W^{1,1}(\Omega))\times U\), which satisfy \[ \begin{aligned} {\partial y\over\partial t}+ Ay+|y|^{\gamma-1} y= u(t)\delta_{x_0}\quad & \text{in }Q,\\ y|_{t=0}= y_0\quad\text{in }\Omega,\quad{\partial y\over\partial n_A}= 0\quad & \text{on }\Sigma.\end{aligned}\tag{1} \] Here \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\) is a bounded domain with a boundary \(\partial\Omega\) of class \(C^2\), \(Q= (0,T)\times \Omega\), \(\Sigma= (0,T)\times\partial \Omega\), \(Ay= -\sum^n_{i,j=1}{\partial\over\partial x_i} a_{ij}(x) y_{x_j}+ a_0(x)y\), \(\delta_{x_0}\) denotes the Dirac measure at \(x_0\in\Omega\) and \(U\subset L_q(0,T)\) is a convex closed set. It is supposed that \(1\leq\gamma< n/(n- 2)\), \(\max\{1; 2\gamma- N\gamma+ N+ 2)\}< q<\infty\). It is shown that the optimal control problem has a solution, and the corresponding necessary optimality conditions are obtained. To do that the authors obtain interesting results on the solvability and properties of solutions for the linearized state equation (1) with measures as a right-hand side and for the conjugate equation.