• Lectures: Dietmar Hoemberg
• Textbook: Macki, J. and Strauss, A.: Introduction to Optimal Control Theory, Springer 1982
• Dates: 25.10.–10.11. (2h per day)
• Time & place: will be fixed according to the majority of votes in the first meeting
• First meeting: Tuesday, 25 October 2016, Rom: EL Rom G012, 14:00-16:00
• Please contact dietmar [dot] hoemberg [at] math [dot] ntnu [dot] no if you have any questions

• Wed., 25, 10 - 12
• Thu., 26, 10 -12 and 14 - 16
• Fri., 27, 10 - 12
• Mo., 31, no lecture
• Tue., 01, 14 - 16
• Wed., 02, 16 - 18
• Thu, 03, 10 - 12 and 14 - 16
• Fri., 04, no lecture
• Mo., 07, 10 - 12
• Tue, 08, 10 - 12 and 14 - 16
• Wed., 09, no lecture
• Thu., 10, 10 - 12

The lecture on 25th is in room 922 in the math building. All other lectures are in room 822.

This course can be combined with the reading course on Convex Analysis to match a full 7.5 stp. course.

After modelling of processes by ordinary differential equations often the next step is to analyse the controllability or the optimal control of such a system. Typical examples might be vibration control in multi-body production machine models, the path-planning for industrial robots or autonomous vehicles, or medical applications like finding the optimal drug dosage. The mathematical theory behind these application problems is the main content of the lectures. In the first part we will study variational calculus, discussing topics like the Euler equation, first and second variations, and regularity of extremals. The second part is devoted to optimal control, here we will address topics like controllability, bang-bang controls, and Pontryagin’s maximum principle. The third part of the lectures covers numerical methods for optimal control problems.