Regulator Problems on Unbounded Domains Stationarity-Optimal Control-Asymptotic Controllability

In this paper, we consider a class of infinite horizon variational and control problems arising from economics, quantum mechanics, and stabilization. Herein, we assume that the objective is of regulator type. The problem setting implies a weighted Sobolev space as the state space. For this class of problems, we establish necessary optimality conditions in a form of a Pontryagin type maximum principle. A duality concept of convex analysis is provided and used to find sufficient optimality conditions and to motivate a dual approximation scheme. We apply the theoretical results to find an asymptotically stabilizing control for a linearized Lotka-Volterra type system.