Controllability of quasilinear stochastic evolution equations in Hilbert spaces. (Q5950198)

Quasilinear stochastic evolution equations defined in Hilbert spaces are considered. It is generally assumed that the state equation contains both a linear part with control and a nonlinear part without control function. Using the Banach fixed-point theorem and results taken from the theory of nonlinear stochastic differential equations with Wiener process, a sufficient condition for exact controllability in a given time interval is formulated and proved. This condition requires the verification of the exact controllability of the linear part of the state equation. Finally, a simple illustrative example is presented. This example shows the usefulness of the theoretical results in controllability investigations. Moreover, several remarks and comments concerning controllability problems for infinite-dimensional control systems are given. It should be pointed out that similar controllability problems for deterministic nonlinear systems have been considered in the paper [\textit{K. Balachandran}, \textit{J. Dauer} and \textit{P. Balasubramaniam}, J. Optimization Theory Appl. 84, 83--91 (1995; Zbl 0821.93010)].