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Differential-geometric and group-theoretical methods in optimal control theory

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Problems arising in the geometry of attainable sets of nonlinear control systems are considered. Old and new results are discussed.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Problemy Geometrii, Vol. 14, pp. 3–56, 1983.

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Agrachev, A.A., Vakhrameev, S.A. & Gamkrelidze, R.V. Differential-geometric and group-theoretical methods in optimal control theory. J Math Sci 28, 145–182 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02105209

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