%0 Journal Article %T Optimal control problems for hyperbolic equations with damping terms involving p-Laplacian %A Eun-Young Ph.D Ju and Jin-Mun Ph.D Jeong %J Journal of Inequalities and Applications %D 2013 %I %R 10.1186/1029-242X-2013-92 %X In this paper we study optimal control problems for a hyperbolic equations with damping term involving p-Laplacian. We prove the existence of an optimal control and the G\^{a}teaux differentiability of solution mapping on control variables. And then we characterize the optimal controls by giving necessary conditions for optimality. %U http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2013/1/92/abstract