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and only if there exists a piecewise smooth vector X ( t ) defined in (7.17) which is a
critical solution for the variational problem
min J ( X )= t f
t 0
X ( t )
H ( X ( t )
,
,
t ) dt
(7.19)
with the boundary conditions
X x ( t 0 )= x ( t 0 )
,
X u ( t 0 )=0
,
,
X ζ ( t 0 )=0
X λ ( t 0 )=0
,
X μ ( t 0 )=0
,
.
X x ( t f )= x ( t f )
X ( t )
If X ( t ) is a solution for the variational problem (7.19) then, at all points where
is continuous, the Euler-Lagrange equation must hold:
dt
d
H
X
H
X = 0
,
(7.20)
and at each discontinuity point of X ( t ), the corner conditions must be satisfied:
=
H
H
t + ,
X
X
t
(7.21)
X
H
= X
H
H
H
X
X
t + .
t
Admissible solution that satisfy the necessary conditions (7.20,7.21) are called crit-
ical solution. It can be shown that if X ( t ) is solution of the variational problem,
then
t f
( H X z + H X z ) dt = 0
(7.22)
t 0
holds for all admissible piecewise smooth function z ( t ) that satisfies the boundary
conditions ( H X and H X denote the partial derivatives of H with respect to X and X ).
7.4
Solving the Variational Problem
Conventionally, the extremum of the variational problem are obtained by solving
the Euler-Lagrange equation (7.20). However, these equations are only valid at the
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