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Main Authors: Bressan, Alberto, Mazzola, Marco, Nguyen, Khai T.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10572
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author Bressan, Alberto
Mazzola, Marco
Nguyen, Khai T.
author_facet Bressan, Alberto
Mazzola, Marco
Nguyen, Khai T.
contents The paper is concerned with an optimal control problem on $\mathbb{R}^n$, where the dynamics is linear w.r.t.~the control functions. For a terminal cost $ψ$ in a $mathcal{G}_δ$ set of $\mathcal{C}^4(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (i.e., in a countable intersection of open dense subsets), two main results are proved.Namely: the set $Γ_ψ\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ of conjugate points is closed, with locally bounded $(n-2)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Moreover, the set of initial points $y\in \mathbb{R}^n\setminusΓ_ψ$, which admit two or more globally optimal trajectories, is contained in the union of a locally finite family of embedded manifolds. In particular, the value function is continuously differentiable on an open, dense subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
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spellingShingle Generic uniqueness and conjugate points for optimal control problems
Bressan, Alberto
Mazzola, Marco
Nguyen, Khai T.
Optimization and Control
49K05, 49L12
The paper is concerned with an optimal control problem on $\mathbb{R}^n$, where the dynamics is linear w.r.t.~the control functions. For a terminal cost $ψ$ in a $mathcal{G}_δ$ set of $\mathcal{C}^4(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (i.e., in a countable intersection of open dense subsets), two main results are proved.Namely: the set $Γ_ψ\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ of conjugate points is closed, with locally bounded $(n-2)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Moreover, the set of initial points $y\in \mathbb{R}^n\setminusΓ_ψ$, which admit two or more globally optimal trajectories, is contained in the union of a locally finite family of embedded manifolds. In particular, the value function is continuously differentiable on an open, dense subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
title Generic uniqueness and conjugate points for optimal control problems
topic Optimization and Control
49K05, 49L12
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10572