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A cosmological inflationary model using optimal control

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Cosmological inflationary models based on a self-interacting scalar field are considered. A slow-roll model is formulated as an optimal control problem. Application of Pontryagin’s maximum principle leads to an exact solution.

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  1. Department of Basic Sciences, Egyptian Russian University, Suez, Egypt

    Salah Haggag

  2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

    Fatma Desokey

  3. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

    Moutaz Ramadan

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Haggag, S., Desokey, F. & Ramadan, M. A cosmological inflationary model using optimal control. Gravit. Cosmol. 23, 236–239 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0202289317030069

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