In the present work, necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are presented for the solution to a mínimum time problem. These conditions are established by the principle of the Pontryagin maximum, as a necessary and sufficient condition. In addition, the principle of the Pontryagin maximum is used in the search for the solution to an optimal control problem of mechanical origin.

In the present work it is indicated that the entropy of the information is the most appropriate tool to analyze the behavior of the flow of prices in the financial market. For this, the following points are mentioned: general concepts of chaos theory applied to the financial market, concept of dynamic systems applied to the flow of prices, time series of prices and the entropy of information applied to the flow of prices in the financial market.