TY - GEN A1 - Meyer, Christian A1 - Panizzi, Lucia A1 - Schiela, Anton T1 - Uniqueness criteria for solutions of the adjoint equation in state-constrained optimal control N2 - The paper considers linear elliptic equations with regular Borel measures as inhomogeneity. Such equations frequently appear in state-constrained optimal control problems. By a counter-example of Serrin, it is known that, in the presence of non-smooth data, a standard weak formulation does not ensure uniqueness for such equations. Therefore several notions of solution have been developed that guarantee uniqueness. In this note, we compare different definitions of solutions, namely the ones of Stampacchia and the two notions of solutions of Casas and Alibert-Raymond, and show that they are the same. As side results, we reformulate the solution in the sense of Stampacchia, and prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions in in case of mixed boundary conditions. T3 - ZIB-Report - 10-28 KW - optimal control KW - elliptic partial differential equations KW - state constraints KW - measure right hand sides Y1 - 2010 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1193 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11933 ER -