Optimal control of impulsive systems with nonlocal boundary conditions (Q1946939)

The author considers an impulsive boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} x'(t)=f(t,x(t),u(t)), \quad t\in[0,T], \quad t\neq t_i, \\ x(0)+B\,x(T)=C, \\ x(t_i^+)-x(t_i)=I_i(x(t_i)), \quad i=1,\dots,p, \quad 0<t_1<t_2<\dots<t_p<T, \\ u(t)\in U, \quad t\in[0,T], \end{cases} \] where \(x(t)\in{\mathbb R}^2\) is the state variable, \(f:[0,T]\times{\mathbb R}^n\times{\mathbb R}^r\to{\mathbb R}^n\) is a given continuous function, \(B\in{\mathbb R}^{n\times n}\) is a given matrix, \(C\in{\mathbb R}^n\) is a given vector, \(I_i(x)\) are given functions, \(u(t)\in{\mathbb R}^r\) is the control variable, and \(U\subseteq{\mathbb R}^r\) is a given open set. The author applies a contraction principle to prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions of boundary value problems of the above type and then considers an optimal control problem over such solutions and derives the corresponding Legendre-Clebsch necessary condition.