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The problem is that of minimizing \[ J(y, u) = \int_0^T L(t, y(t), u(t)) dt + l(y(0), y(T)) \] subject to \[ y'(t) + A(t)y(t) = B(t)u(t) + f(t), \quad 0 \leq t \leq T, \] \[ (y, u) \in {\mathcal M} \subset E(0, T) \times L^p(0, T; U), \] where \(E(0, T)\) is a space of functions defined in \(0 \leq t \leq T.\) The abstract framework used by the authors is that of duality in Fréchet spaces. Given a proper, convex lower semicontinuous function \(F : X \times Y \to R \cup \{+\infty\}\) the primal and dual problems are, respectively, \[ \inf_{x \in X} F(x, 0) \quad \text{and} \quad \sup_{y^* \in Y^*} (-F^*(0, y^*)) \] with \(F^*\) the conjugate of \(F,\) and the solutions \(x_0 \in X\) of the primal and \(y^*_0 \in Y\) of the dual are characterized by \((x_0, y^*_0)\) being a saddle point of the Lagrangian \(L(x, y^*).\)