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On the Constancy of the Pontryagin Hamiltonian for Autonomous Problems

Delfim F. M. Torres

math.OCarXiv:math/0308172

Abstract

We provide a new, simpler, and more direct proof of the well known fact that for autonomous optimal control problems the Pontryagin extremals evolve on a level surface of the respective Pontryagin Hamiltonian.

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