| Abstract: | We consider a nonlinear optimal control problem with an integral functional in which the integrand is the characteristic function
of a closed set in the phase space. An approximation method is applied to prove the necessary conditions of optimality in
the form of a Pontryagin maximum principle without any prior assumptions on the behavior of the optimal trajectory. Similarly
to phase-constrained problems, we derive conditions of nondegeneracy and pointwise nontriviality of the maximum principle.
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Translated from Nelineinaya Dinamika i Upravlenie, No. 4, pp. 179–204, 2004. |
