Interior sphere property for level sets of the value function of an exit time problem
ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Volume 15 (2009) no. 1, pp. 102-116.

We consider an optimal control problem for a system of the form x ˙ = f(x,u), with a running cost L. We prove an interior sphere property for the level sets of the corresponding value function V. From such a property we obtain a semiconcavity result for V, as well as perimeter estimates for the attainable sets of a symmetric control system.

DOI: 10.1051/cocv:2008018
Classification: 93B03, 49L20, 49L25
Keywords: control theory, interior sphere property, value function, semiconcavity, perimeter
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Castelpietra, Marco. Interior sphere property for level sets of the value function of an exit time problem. ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Volume 15 (2009) no. 1, pp. 102-116. doi : 10.1051/cocv:2008018. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/cocv:2008018/

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