A Calculus of Variations Approach to Stochastic Control

Matthew Lorig

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Abstract: We use classical tools from calculus of variations to formally derive necessary conditions for a Markov control to be optimal in a standard finite time horizon stochastic control problem. As an example, we solve the well-known Merton portfolio optimization problem.

Date: 2025-09
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