Optimal control of variational inequalities with delays in the highest order spatial derivatives (Q2508578)

In a class of the measurable control functions \(u(t,x)\in U, (t,x)\in Q_{T}=(0,T)\times \Omega\) the following optimal control problem is investigated: \[ f(t,x,y(t,x),u(t,x))\in \frac{\partial y(t,x)}{\partial t}-\triangle y(t,x)+G(\triangle y)(t,x)+\beta(y(t,x)),\text{ a.e. }(t,x)\in Q_{T}, \] \[ \begin{cases} y(t,x)=\varphi(t,x), &(t,x)\in (-r,0)\times \Omega;\;y(0,x)=z(x),\;x\in \Omega;\\ y(t,x)=0, &(t,x)\in (0,T)\times \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] \[ \int_{Q_{T}}f^{0}(t,x,y(t,x),u(t,x))\,dt\, dx\rightarrow\min. \] Here \(\Omega\subset R^{n}\) is a given bounded region with \(C^{2}\) boundary \(\partial\Omega;\) further \[ \begin{aligned} G(\triangle y)(t,x)&=\int_{-r}^{0}\triangle y(t+\theta,x)\mu(d\theta),\quad \triangle=\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x_{i}^{2}},\\ \beta(y(t,x))&= \begin{cases} (-\infty,0],&y(t,x)=0,\\ \{0\},&y(t,x)>0. \end{cases} \end{aligned} \] The existence of optimal controls under a Cesar-type condition is proved, and the necessary conditions of Pontryagin type for optimal controls is derived.