A new relation between the condensation index of complex sequences and the null controllability of parabolic systems

In this note, we present a new result that relates the condensation index of a sequence of complex numbers with the null controllability of parabolic systems. We show that a minimal time is required for controllability. The results are used to prove the boundary controllability of some coupled parabolic equations.     

Null controllability of degenerate parabolic equations

Motivated by a boundary layer problem, we are interested in the controllability properties of parabolic equations degenerating at the boundary of the space domain. We derive new Carleman estimates for a class of degenerate parabolic equation; the proof is based in particular on Hardytype inequalities. Then we deduce observability and null controllability results. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Insensitizing controls for a class of quasilinear parabolic equations

This paper is addressed to showing the existence of insensitizing controls for a class of quasilinear parabolic equations with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. As usual, this insensitizing problem is reduced to a nonstandard null controllability problem of some nonlinear cascade system governed by a quasilinear parabolic equation and a linear parabolic equation. Nevertheless, in order to solve the later quasilinear controllability problem by the fixed point technique, we need to establish the null controllability of the linearized cascade parabolic system in the framework of classical solutions. The key point is to find the desired control function in a Hölder space for given data with certain regularities.     

一类边界控制半线性抛物型系统的逼近能控性

本文考虑一类Ｄｉｒｉｃｈｌｅｔ型边界控制半线性抛物型系统，应用半群理论和非线性分析的方法，证明了系统解映射的连续性，给出了系统逼近能控的一个充分条件．对于Ｎｅｕｍａｎｎ型边界控制或混合型边界控制的半线性抛物型系统，可以得到类似的结果．     

带极大单调图的半线性抛物型方程的零能控性(英文)

本文讨论非线性项带一个极大单调图的半线性抛物型方程系统的零能控性.文中利用Kakutani不动点定理和线性抛物型方程的能控性得到该系统是零能控的,如果控制作用在内部区域上.由此,还得到该系统是零能控的,如果控制施加在一部分边界上.     

On the boundary controllability of non-scalar parabolic systems

This Note is concerned with the boundary controllability of non-scalar linear parabolic systems. More precisely, two coupled one-dimensional linear parabolic equations are considered. We show that, with boundary controls, the situation is much more complex than for similar distributed control systems. In our main result, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for null controllability. To cite this article: E. Fernández-Cara et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

Carleman estimates for stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions and applications

By a dual method, two Carleman estimates for forward and backward stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions are established. Then they are used to study a null controllability problem and a state observation problem for some stochastic forward parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions.     

Exact Controllability of the Superlinear Heat Equation

The exact internal and boundary controllability of parabolic equations with superlinear nonlinearity is studied. Accepted 3 January 2000     

一维抛物型系统切换控制下的近似能控性

考虑一维热传导方程在两个边界控制切换作用情形下的近似能控性.采用变分方法,通过某个二次泛函的极小值点构造合适的边界控制函数,使其满足切换条件,而且使得系统是近似能控的.     

Insensitizing controls for the parabolic equation with equivalued surface boundary conditions

This paper is devoted to the study of the existence of insensitizing controls for the parabolic equation with equivalued surface boundary conditions. The insensitizing problem consists in finding a control function such that some energy functional of the equation is locally insensitive to a perturbation of the initial data. As usual, this problem can be reduced to a partially null controllability problem for a cascade system of two parabolic equations with equivalued surface boundary conditions. Compared the problems with usual boundary conditions, in the present case we need to derive a new global Carleman estimate, for which, in particular one needs to construct a new weight function to match the equivalued surface boundary conditions.     

Internal Controllability for Parabolic Systems Involving Analytic Non-local Terms

This paper deals with the problem of internal controllability of a system of heat equations posed on a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions and perturbed with analytic non-local coupling terms. Each component of the system may be controlled in a different subdomain. Assuming that the unperturbed system is controllable—a property that has been recently characterized in terms of a Kalman-like rank condition—the authors give a necessary and sufficient condition for the controllability of the coupled system under the form of a unique continuation property for the corresponding elliptic eigenvalue system.The proof relies on a compactness-uniqueness argument, which is quite unusual in the context of parabolic systems, previously developed for scalar parabolic equations. The general result is illustrated by two simple examples.     

Time optimal boundary controls for the heat equation

The fact that the time optimal controls for parabolic equations have the bang–bang property has been recently proved for controls distributed inside the considered domain (interior control). The main result in this article asserts that the boundary controls for the heat equation have the same property, at least in rectangular domains. This result is proved by combining methods from traditionally distinct fields: the Lebeau–Robbiano strategy for null controllability and estimates of the controllability cost in small time for parabolic systems, on one side, and a Remez-type inequality for Müntz spaces and a generalization of Turán?s inequality, on the other side.     

Null Controllability of Some Reaction-Diffusion Systems with Only One Control Force in Moving Domains

In this article, the authors establish the local null controllability property for semilinear parabolic systems in a domain whose boundary moves in time by a single control force acting on a prescribed subdomain. The proof is based on Kakutani's fixed point theorem combined with observability estimates for the associated linearized system.     

Boundary Control of PDEs via Curvature Flows: the View from the Boundary, II

We describe some results on the exact boundary controllability of the wave equation on an orientable two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonempty boundary. If the boundary has positive geodesic curvature, we show that the problem is controllable in finite time if (and only if) there are no closed geodesics in the interior of the manifold. This is done by solving a parabolic problem to construct a convex function. We exhibit an example for which control from a subset of the boundary is possible, but cannot be proved by means of convex functions. We also describe a numerical implementation of this method.     

A global Carleman inequality and exact controllability of parabolic equations with mixed boundary conditions

This paper establishes a global Carleman inequality of parabolic equations with mixed boundary conditions and an estimate of the solution. Further, we prove exact controllability of the equation by controls acting on an arbitrarily given subdomain or subboundary.     

Eigen series solutions to terminal-state tracking optimal control problems and exact controllability problems constrained by linear parabolic PDEs

Terminal-state tracking optimal control problems for linear parabolic equations are studied in this paper. The control objectives are to track a desired terminal state and the control is of the distributed type. Explicit solution formulae for the optimal control problems are derived in the form of eigen series. Pointwise-in-time L² norm estimates for the optimal solutions are obtained and approximate controllability results are established. Exact controllability is shown when the target state vanishes on the boundary of the spatial domain. One-dimensional computational results are presented which illustrate the terminal-state tracking properties for the solutions expressed by the series formulae.     

Exact Null Controllability of a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Contact Problem

We study the controllability properties of a nonlinear parabolic system that models the temperature evolution of a one-dimensional thermoelastic rod that may come into contact with a rigid obstacle. Basically the system dynamics is described by a one-dimensional nonlocal heat equation with a nonlinear and nonlocal boundary condition of Newmann type. We focus on the control problem and treat the case when the control is distributed over the whole space domain. In this case the system is proved to be exactly null controllable provided the parameters of the system are smooth. The proof is based on changing the control variable and using Aubins Compactness Lemma to obtain an invariant set for the linearized controllability map. Then, by proving that the found solution is sufficiently smooth, we get the null controllability for the original system.     

On the Theoretical and Numerical Control of a One-Dimensional Nonlinear Parabolic Partial Differential Equation

This paper deals with the analysis of the internal and boundary control of a one-dimensional parabolic partial differential equation with nonlinear diffusion. First, we prove a local null controllability result with distributed controls, locally supported in space. The proof relies on local inversion (more precisely, we use Liusternik’s Inverse Function Theorem), together with some appropriate specific estimates. We also establish a similar result with controls on one side of the boundary. Then, we consider an iterative algorithm for the computation of null controls, we prove the convergence of the iterates, and we perform some numerical experiments.     

Carleman estimates and null controllability for boundary-degenerate parabolic operators

Motivated by several examples coming from physics, biology, and economics, we consider a class of parabolic operators that degenerate at the boundary of the space domain. We study null controllability by a locally distributed control. For this purpose, a specific Carleman estimate for the solutions of degenerate adjoint problems is proved. To cite this article: P. Cannarsa et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

Exact Local Controllability of a One-Control Reaction-Diffusion System

This work concerns the controllability of some parabolic systems with the control acting in one equation. The exact local controllability of a reaction-diffusion system with one control and the null controllability of a class of linear parabolic systems with one control are obtained. As an application, the existence of a time-optimal control for a reaction-diffusion system with one control is proved.Communicated by D. A. CarlsonThis work was supported by the New Century Excellent Teachers Plan of the Ministry of National Education of China, by the Key Laboratory- Optimal Control and Discrete Mathematics of Hubei Province, and by the National Science Foundation of China.