Optimal control in matrix-valued coefficients for nonlinear monotone problems: optimality conditions. I (Q2259316)

Summary: In this article we study an optimal control problem for a nonlinear monotone Dirichlet problem where the controls are taken as matrix-valued coefficients in \(L^\infty(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^{N\times N})\). For the exemplary case of a tracking cost functional, we derive first order optimality conditions. This first part is concerned with the general case of matrix-valued coefficients under some hypothesis, while the second part focuses on the special class of diagonal matrices.