Morse properties for the minimum time function on 2-D manifolds

Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-423

  Boscain, Ugo ^a   Piccoli, Benedetto ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimum time; Morse function; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; TOPOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

INTEGRAL CURVES; MORSE FUNCTION;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035412738     PISSN: 10792724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013190914234     Document Type: Article

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