Unbounded variation and solutions of impulsive control systems

arXiv1705.01724MaRDI QIDQ6286281FDOQ6286281

Authors: M. Motta, C. Sartori 

Publication date: 4 May 2017

Abstract: We consider a control system with dynamics which are affine in the (unbounded) derivative of the control $u$. We introduce a notion of generalized solution $x$ on $[0,T]$ for controls $u$ of bounded total variation on $[0,t]$ for every $t<T$, but of possibly infinite variation on $[0,T]$. This solution has a simple representation formula based on the so-called graph completion approach, originally developed for BV controls. We prove the well-posedness of this generalized solution by showing that $x$ is a limit solution, that is the pointwise limit of regular trajectories of the system. In particular, we single out the subset of limit solutions which is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of generalized solutions. The controls that we consider provide the natural setting for treating some questions on the controllability of the system and some optimal control problems with endpoint constraints and lack of coercivity.

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