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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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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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