Exact Controllability of Semilinear Evolution Systems and Its Application

In this paper, we obtain several abstract results concerning the exact controllability of semilinear evolution systems. First, we prove the null local exact controllability of semilinear first-order systems by means of the contraction mapping principle; in this case, we do not assume any compactness. Next, we derive the global and/or local exact controllability of semilinear second-order systems by means of the Schauder fixed-point theorem; in this case, we assume only the embedding of the related spaces having some compactness, which is reasonable for many concrete problems. Our main result shows that the observability of the dual of the linearized system implies the exact controllability of the original semilinear system. Finally, we apply our abstract results to the exact controllability of the semilinear wave equation.     

Exact Boundary Controllability of Weak Solutions for a Kind of First Order Hyperbolic System — The Constructive Method*

In this paper the authors first present the definition and some properties of weak solutions to 1-D first order linear hyperbolic systems. Then they show that the constructive method with modular structure originally given in the framework of classical solutions is still very powerful and effective in the framework of weak solutions to prove the exact boundary (null) controllability and the exact boundary observability for first order hyperbolic systems.     

Exact controllability for some degenerate wave equations

In this paper, we study one-dimensional linear degenerate wave equations with a distributed controller. We establish observability inequalities for degenerate wave equation by multiplier method. We also deduce the exact controllability for degenerate wave equation by Hilbert uniqueness method when the control acts on the nondegenerate boundary. Moreover, an explicit expression for the controllability time is given.     

Exact Boundary Controllability of Electromagnetic Fields in a General Region

We prove exact controllability for Maxwell's system with variable coefficients in a bounded domain by a current flux in the boundary. The proof relies on a duality argument which reduces the proof of exact controllability to the proof of continuous observability for the homogeneous adjoint system. There is no geometric restriction imposed on the domain. Accepted 25 June 2001. Online publication 19 October 2001.     

Exact Internal Controllability of Maxwell's Equations

In this paper we obtain two exact internal controllability results of Maxwell's equations in a general region by using multiplier techniques. The first one is exact controllability in a short time, in which we obtain the ``optimal" (observability) estimates when the location and the shape of the controller is fixed. What happens if we allow the controller to change? Under some conditions, we show that by doing that the system can be exactly controllable within any given time duration, which is our second exact controllability result. Accepted 30 September 1998     

Observability Inequalities by Internal Observation and Their Applications

By means of a Carleman estimate, we obtain several observability inequalities by internal observation for hyperbolic equations with lower-order terms. Also, we apply our observability results to an exact controllability problem and an inverse wave source problem.     

Observabilité et contrôlabilité exacte indirecte interne par un contrôle localement distribué de systèmes d'équations couplées

We study the observability and the exact controllability of a weakly coupled system with an internal locally control acting on only one equation. We show that, for sufficiently large time, the observation of the velocity of the first component of the solution on a neighborhood of a part of the boundary allows us to get back a weakened energy of initial data of the second component, this if the coupling parameter is sufficiently small, but non-vanishing. This result leads to a uniqueness theorem and, by the HUM method, we prove that the total system is exactly controllable.     

Exact controllability for stochastic Schrödinger equations

This paper is addressed to studying the exact controllability of stochastic Schrödinger equations by two controls. One is a boundary control and the other is an internal control in the diffusion term. By means of the duality argument, the control problem is converted into an observability problem for backward stochastic Schrödinger equations, and the desired observability estimate is obtained by a global Carleman estimate. At last, we give a result about the lack of exact controllability, which shows that the action of two controls is necessary.     

Exact Boundary Controllability of Weak Solutions for a Kind of First Order Hyperbolic System — the HUM Method*

The exact boundary controllability and the exact boundary observability for the 1-D first order linear hyperbolic system were studied by the constructive method in the framework of weak solutions in the work [Lu, X. and Li, T. T., Exact boundary controllability of weak solutions for a kind of first order hyperbolic system — the constructive method, Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B, 42(5), 2021, 643–676]. In this paper, in order to study these problems from the viewpoint of duality, the authors establish ...     

Local exact controllability for the two- and three-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes equations

The goal of this article is to present a local exact controllability result for the two- and three-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes equations on a constant target trajectory when the controls act on the whole boundary. Our study is then based on the observability of the adjoint system of some linearized version of the system, which is analyzed using a subsystem for which the coupling terms are somewhat weaker. In this step, we strongly use Carleman estimates in negative Sobolev spaces.     

Exact controllability of the wave equation with time-dependent and variable coefficients

This paper deals with boundary exact controllability for the dynamics governed by the wave equation with variable coefficients in time and space, subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary controls. The observability inequalities are established by the Riemannian geometry method under some geometric conditions.     

Exact boundary observability for 1‐D quasilinear wave equations

By means of a direct and constructive method based on the theory of semi‐global C² solution, the local exact boundary observability and an implicit duality between the exact boundary controllability and the exact boundary observability are shown for 1‐D quasilinear wave equations with various boundary conditions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exact Boundary Controllability and Exact Boundary Observability for a Coupled System of Quasilinear Wave Equations

Based on the theory of semi-global classical solutions to quasilinear hyperbolic systems, the authors apply a unified constructive method to establish the local exact boundary(null) controllability and the local boundary(weak) observability for a coupled system of 1-D quasilinear wave equations with various types of boundary conditions.     

Global Exact Boundary Controllability for Cubic Semi-linear Wave Equations and Klein-Gordon Equations

The authors prove the global exact boundary controllability for the cubic semi-linear wave equation in three space dimensions, subject to Dirichlet, Neumann, or any other kind of boundary controls which result in the well-posedness of the corresponding initial-boundary value problem. The exponential decay of energy is first established for the cubic semi-linear wave equation with some boundary condition by the multiplier method, which reduces the global exact boundary controllability problem to a local one. The proof is carried out in line with [2, 15]. Then a constructive method that has been developed in [13] is used to study the local problem. Especially when the region is star-complemented, it is obtained that the control function only need to be applied on a relatively open subset of the boundary. For the cubic Klein-Gordon equation, similar results of the global exact boundary controllability are proved by such an idea.     

Observability inequalities for thin shells

We consider the exact controllability problem from boundary for thin shells. Under some checkable geometric assumptions on the middle surface, we establish the observability inequalities via the Bochner technique for the Dirichlet control and the Neumann control problems. We also give several examples to verify the geometric assumptions.     

Exact Boundary Controllability for a Coupled System of Wave Equations with Neumann Boundary Controls

This paper first shows the exact boundary controllability for a coupled system of wave equations with Neumann boundary controls.In order to establish the corresponding observability inequality,the authors introduce a compact perturbation method which does not depend on the Riesz basis property,but depends only on the continuity of projection with respect to a weaker norm,which is obviously true in many cases of application.Next,in the case of fewer Neumann boundary controls,the non-exact boundary controllability for the initial data with the same level of energy is shown.     

Strong （Weak） Exact Controllability and Strong （Weak） Exact Observability for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems

Numerical approximations of Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model for the two-phase incompressible flows are considered in this paper.Several efficient and energy stable time discretization schemes for the coupled nonlinear Cahn-Hilliard phase-field system for both the matched density case and the variable density case are constructed,and are shown to satisfy discrete energy laws which are analogous to the continuous energy laws.     

边值系统的能控性与能观测性问题

把抽象系统的能控性和能观测性推广到由强连续双半群描述的抽象边值系统,给出了相应的边值系统能控性的充要条件,并研究了能观测性与能控性之间的对偶关系.最后作为例子,研究了双曲系统能控性.文中所得的结果可用于讨论现代物理系统中出现一类边值系统的能控性与能观测性问题.     

Some results on the controllability of forward stochastic heat equations with control on the drift

In this paper, we establish the null/approximate controllability for forward stochastic heat equations with control on the drift. The null controllability is obtained by a time iteration method and an observability estimate on partial sums of eigenfunctions for elliptic operators. As a consequence of the null controllability, we obtain the observability estimate for backward stochastic heat equations, which leads to a unique continuation property for backward stochastic heat equations, and hence the desired approximate controllability for forward stochastic heat equations. It deserves to point out that one needs to introduce a little stronger assumption on the controller for the approximate controllability of forward stochastic heat equations than that for the null controllability. This is a new phenomenon arising in the study of the controllability problem for stochastic heat equations.     

Observabilité, contrôlabilité et stabilisation frontière du système d’élasticité linéaire

We study homogeneous but not necessarily isotropic linear elastodynamic systems. Applying the Hilbert Uniqueness Method (HUM), we establish their boundary observability and their exact boundary controllability. Then we construct boundary feedbacks leading to arbitrarily large energy decay rates. Finally, under some geometrical conditions, we prove that a “natural” boundary feedback leads also to exponentiel energy decay.