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Consider the heat equation $u_t-\Delta u=0$ on a bounded $C^2$ domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n}(n\geq 2)$ with any positive initial data. If a superlinear radiation law $\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=u^{q}$ with $q>1$ is imposed on a…
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We address the exact boundary controllability of the semilinear wave equation $\partial_{tt}y-\Delta y + f(y)=0$ posed over a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$. Assuming that $f$ is continuous and satisfies the condition…
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We consider the null-controllability problem for the generalized Baouendi-Grushin equation $(\partial_t - \partial_x^2 - q(x)^2\partial_y^2)f = 1_\omega u$ on a rectangular domain. Sharp controllability results already exist when the…
Let $\Delta$ be the Dirichlet Laplacian on the interval $(0,\pi)$. The null controllability properties of the equation $$u_{tt}+\Delta^2 u+\rho (\Delta)^\alpha u_t=F(x,t)$$ are studied. Let $T>0$, and assume initial conditions $(u^0,u^1)\in…
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