Study of extremals in a generalized isoperimetric problem with higher order conditions (Q2640124)

Summary: The problem of a point running along the boundary curve of a domain in a plane in a fixed period of time with its velocity vector varying in a compact set U such that the domain's area becomes maximal, is considered. Under some assumptions on U and with the help of higher-order conditions it is proved that multiply-traversing extremals do not even give a so- called \(\theta\)-weak maximum (which would at the same time be a weak maximum in the case of continuous velocity). For simply-traversing extremals providing an absolute maximum, a non- trivial result on the kind of the maximum is obtained. Furthermore, finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional quadratic forms connected with the pointed-out generalization of the isoperimetric problem are studied; their non-negativeness on the corresponding subspaces and some other properties are established.