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This article deals with a feedback optimal control problem for the stochastic second grade fluids. More precisely, we establish the existence of an optimal feedback control for the two-dimensional stochastic second grade fluids, with Navier-slip boundary conditions. In addition, using the Galerkin approximations, we show that the optimal cost can be approximated by a sequence of finite dimensional optimal costs, showing the existence of the so-called ϵ−optimal feedback control.

{A stochastic representation for the solutions of the Poisson-Vlasov equation is obtained. The representation involves both an exponential and a branching process. The stochastic representation, besides providing an alternative existence proof and an intuitive characterization of the solutions, may also be used to obtain an intrinsic definition of the fluctuations. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}