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On Some Open Problems in Optimal Control

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Several open problems are presented concerning regularity properties of solutions of optimal control problems with constraints.

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    Technically, the paper Dontchev and Veliov (1982) appeared before Dontchev and Veliov (1983) but it was completed after the submission of Dontchev and Veliov (1983).

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Acknowledgements

Supported by the NSF Grant 156229, by Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) Grant P26640-N25, and the Australian Research Council, project DP160100854.

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    Asen L. Dontchev

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    Raimund M. Kovacevic

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    Gernot Tragler

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Dontchev, A.L. (2018). On Some Open Problems in Optimal Control. In: Feichtinger, G., Kovacevic, R., Tragler, G. (eds) Control Systems and Mathematical Methods in Economics. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 687. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75169-6_1

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