Time optimal control of semilinear control systems involving time delays (Q2349841)

In this article, the authors consider the infinite-dimensional time-optimal control problem to a target set governed by a semilinear retarded functional differential equation of parabolic type with unbounded principal operators in a Hilbert space. The control space is a real Banach space and the admissible set stands for a weakly compact subset in the control space. They use a fundamental solution that they build, along with an ``easy consequence of the definition of real interpolation spaces.'' Furthermore, a convergence theorem of time-optimal controls for the given semilinear retarded system to a point target is given.