Abstract:
We give sufficient conditions for the existence of a bounded inverse operator for a linear operator appearing in the theory of optimal control of linear systems in Hilbert space and having a matrix representation of the form
$$
\begin {pmatrix}
F_1&0&F_2
\\F_3&-F_1^*&F_5
\\-F_5^*&F_2^*&-F_4
\end{pmatrix} ,
$$
, where $F3$, $F4$ are nonnegative self-adjoint operators. The invertibility of the operator under study is used to prove the unique solvability of a certain two-point boundary-value problem that arises from conditions for optimal control.