Variational methods in optimal control

Course

Lecturer:
Lorenzo Freddi (University of Udine)

Board Contact:
Lorenzo Freddi

SSD: MATH-03/A 

CFU: 6 CFU + assignment: 2 CFU 

Period: November–December 2024

Lessons / Hours: 24 hours 

Program:

Optimal control problems. Existence of solutions: the direct method. Necessary optimality conditions of the first order. Non-existence and relaxation. Variational convergence of optimal control problems. Examples and applications: epidemic control and navigation problems

Verification: Assignment with seminar

Prerequisites: Distributions, Sobolev Spaces, Weak Topologies