State-constrained control problems of quasilinear elliptic equations (Q4036790)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0754.00014.] The authors study some state-constrained optimal control problems governed by quasilinear elliptic partial differential equations. The goal is to derive necessary conditions for optimality. In this study, there are two major difficulties: the strong nonlinearity of the equation and the presence of state constraints. The relation between the control and the state is investigated, proving Gâteaux differentiability in some cases and nondifferentiability in some others. The state constraints are of integral type, and only when the space dimension is one pointwise constraints are considered. To deal with these constraints, an abstract theorem on the existence of Lagrange multipliers due to the first author is used. The treatment of problems with a nondifferentiable relation between the control and the state is carried out by reducing this case to the differentiable one through a regularization procedure. Finally, some regularity of the optimal controls and states is studied. Only sketches of the proofs or references for them are provided.