Distributional controls in processes with Hammerstein type integral equations (Q686865)

An optimal control problem for systems described by Hammerstein type nonlinear integral equations without constraints is considered. Necessary optimality conditions in the form of a maximum principle are determined. Sufficient optimality conditions are obtained in the linear case. An existence theorem for an optimal control is not given, but such a result can easily be obtained in the linear case. Necessary optimality conditions can be determined in the form of a stationarity condition because the constraints are absent. The optimal control problem is also considered with constraints. Then, sufficient optimality conditions for the linear system can be obtained even for a convex cost functional, not only for a linear one.