Maximum principle for optimal control of some parabolic systems with two point boundary conditions^* (Q4239762)

The problem is that of minimizing the cost functional \[ J(y, u) = \int_0^T \{g(y(t)) + h(u(t))\} dt \] over all \((y(\cdot), u(\cdot)) \in C([0, T]; H) \times L^2(0, T; U)\) satisfying (the integrated version of) \[ y'(t) = Ay(t) + f(t) + Bu(t) \] with periodic boundary conditions \[ (y(0), y(T)) \in S ; \] \(A\) is the infinitesimal generator of a strongly continuous semigroup in the Hilbert space \(H,\) \(U\) is another Hilbert space and \(B : U \to H\) is bounded. The authors consider this problem under assumptions less stringent than those in existing literature; for instance the cost functional is not assumed to be smooth and, in the constraint set, nonempty interior requirements are replaced by finite codimensionality conditions. As far as we know, this type of conditions were first used in the context of infinite dimensional differential systems (for different problems) by \textit{X. Li} and \textit{Y. Yao} [Proc. 8th trienn. World Congr. IFAC, Kyoto 1981, Vol. 1, Control Theory, 207-212 (1982; Zbl 0523.93039); Lect. Notes Control Inf. Sci. 75, 410-427 (1985; Zbl 0594.49018)].