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In the two previous chapters we found necessary conditions for a minimum in problems of calculus of variations and optimal control. We turn now to a different question: does the performance index J in fact attain its minimum value? This is the existence problem.
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Fleming, W., Rishel, R. (1975). Existence and Continuity Properties of Optimal Controls. In: Deterministic and Stochastic Optimal Control. Applications of Mathematics, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6380-7_3
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