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Null controllability of some degenerate wave equations

Optimization and Control 2015-11-23 v3

Abstract

This paper is devoted to a study of the null controllability problems for one-dimensional linear degenerate wave equations through a boundary controller. First, the well-posedness of linear degenerate wave equations is discussed. Then the null controllability of some degenerate wave equations is established, when a control acts on the non-degenerate boundary. Different from the known controllability results in the case that a control acts on the degenerate boundary, any initial value in state space is controllable in this case. Also, an explicit expression for the controllability time is given. Furthermore, a counterexample on the controllability is given for some other degenerate wave equations.

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@article{arxiv.1509.00545,
  title  = {Null controllability of some degenerate wave equations},
  author = {Muming Zhang and Hang Gao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00545},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 1 figure

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