Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

9-30-1987

Degree Name

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics - (M.S.)

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

John Rausen

Second Advisor

Denis L. Blackmore

Third Advisor

John Tavantzis

Abstract

In a detailed presentation of Boltyanskii "elementary" proof of the Pontryagin's Maximum Principle, several gaps have been filled in the original one: The control processes which are considered in this paper are described by a system of ordinary differential equations, hence the uniform approach to O of certain O(ε) is proved. Moreover, a complete proof of a theorem about convex cones in Rn and a theorem from Topology are presented. An example of time optimal control illustrating the principle is also solved.

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