Controllability of the wave equation with moving point control

This paper deals with approximate and exact controllability of the wave equation in finite time with interior point control acting along a curve specified in advance in the system's spatial domain. The structure of the control input is dual to the structure of the observations which describe the measurements of velocity and gradient of the solution of the dual system, obtained from the moving point sensor. A relevant formalization of such a control problem is discussed, based on transposition. For any given timeinterval [0,T] the existence of the curves providing approximate controllability inH _D ^–[n/2]–1 ()×H _D ^–[n/2]–1 () (wheren stands for the space dimension) is established with controls fromL ²(0,T; R ⁿ +1). The same curves ensure exact controllability inL ²() × H^–1() if controls are allowed to be selected in [L (0,T; R ⁿ+1)]. Required curves can be constructed to be continuous on [0,T).This work was supported in part by NSF Grant ECS 89-13773 and NASA Grant NAG-1-1081.     

KdV equation in domains with moving boundaries

The initial-boundary value problem in a bounded domain with moving boundaries and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions for the Korteweg-de Vries equation is considered. Existence and uniqueness of global strong solutions are proved as well as the exponential decay of small solutions in asymptotically cylindrical domains.     

Remarks on the decay of the local energy for semilinear wave equation

In this note, we prove the global well posedness and the local energy decay for semilinear wave equation with small data.     

A solution of an inverse problem for the wave equation with non-linear conditions in domains with moving boundaries

A new approach is proposed for solving problems with moving boundaries. Assuming spherical symmetry, wave phenomena are considered in the case of a surface, of arbitrary initial radius, moving in a compressible medium at a velocity governed by an arbitrary law. Formulas suitable for solving both the inverse and direct problems are obtained.     

A note on the approximation of Dirichlet boundary control problems for the wave equation on curved domains

We consider an exact boundary control problem for the wave equation with given initial and terminal data and Dirichlet boundary control. The aim is to steer the state of the system that is defined on a given domain to a position of rest in finite time. The optimal control that is obtained as the solution of the problem depends on the data that define the problem, in particular on the domain. Often for the numerical solution of the control problem, this given domain is replaced by a polygon. This is the motivation to study the convergence of the optimal controls for the polygon to the optimal controls for the given domain. To study the convergence, the values of the optimal controls that are defined on the boundaries of the approximating polygons are mapped in the normal directions of the polygon to control functions defined on the boundary of the original domain. This map has already been used by Bramble and King, Deckelnick, Guenther and Hinze and by Casas and Sokolowski. Using this map, we can show the strong convergence of the transformed controls as the polygons approach the given domain. An essential tool to obtain the convergence is a regularization term in the objective functions to increase the regularity of the state.     

On the Cauchy problem for the wave equation on time-dependent domains

We introduce a notion of solution to the wave equation on a suitable class of time-dependent domains and compare it with a previous definition. We prove an existence result for the solution of the Cauchy problem and present some additional conditions which imply uniqueness.     

Instability results for the damped wave equation in unbounded domains

We extend some previous results for the damped wave equation in bounded domains in to the unbounded case. In particular, we show that if the damping term is of the form αa with bounded a taking on negative values on a set of positive measure, then there will always exist unbounded solutions for sufficiently large positive α.In order to prove these results, we generalize some existing results on the asymptotic behaviour of eigencurves of one-parameter families of Schrödinger operators to the unbounded case, which we believe to be of interest in their own right.     

Counterexamples to Strichartz estimates for the wave equation in domains

We consider the wave equation inside a strictly convex domain of dimension 2 and provide counterexamples to optimal Strichartz estimates. Such estimates inside convex domains lose regularity when compared to the flat case (at least for a subset of the usual range of indices), mainly due to microlocal phenomena such as caustics which are generated in arbitrarily small time near the boundary.     

Remarks on Fourier multipliers and applications to the wave equation

Exploiting continuity properties of Fourier multipliers on modulation spaces and Wiener amalgam spaces, we study the Cauchy problem for the NLW equation. Local wellposedness for rough data in modulation spaces and Wiener amalgam spaces is shown. The results formulated in the framework of modulation spaces refine those in [A. Bényi, K.A. Okoudjou, Local well-posedness of nonlinear dispersive equations on modulation spaces, preprint, April 2007 (available at ArXiv:0704.0833v1)]. The same arguments may apply to obtain local wellposedness for the NLKG equation.     

Remarks on global controllability for the Burgers equation with two control forces

In this paper we deal with the viscous Burgers equation. We study the exact controllability properties of this equation with general initial condition when the boundary control is acting at both endpoints of the interval. In a first result, we prove that the global exact null controllability does not hold for small time. In a second one, we prove that the exact controllability result does not hold even for large time.     

$L^p$ estimates for the linear wave equation and global existence for semilinear wave equations in exterior domains

We consider the initial-boundary value problem for the semilinear wave equation where is an exterior domain in , is a dissipative term which is effective only near the 'critical part' of the boundary. We first give some estimates for the linear equation by combining the results of the local energy decay and estimates for the Cauchy problem in the whole space. Next, on the basis of these estimates we prove global existence of small amplitude solutions for semilinear equations when is odd dimensional domain . When our result is applied if . We note that no geometrical condition on the boundary is imposed. Received April 13, 2000 / Revised July 6, 2000 / Published online February 5, 2001     

Parameter-robust preconditioning for the optimal control of the wave equation

Numerical Algorithms - In this paper, we propose and analyze a new matching-type Schur complement preconditioner for solving the discretized first-order necessary optimality conditions that...     

The second initial boundary value problem for the gravitation-gyroscopic wave equation in exterior domains

We study the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the second initial boundary value problem for the gravitation-gyroscopic wave equation in an exterior multiply connected domain with various types of conditions at infinity. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 40–57, July, 1996. This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01411.     

A minimum effort optimal control problem for the wave equation

A minimum effort optimal control problem for the undamped wave equation is considered which involves L ^∞-control costs. Since the problem is non-differentiable a regularized problem is introduced. Uniqueness of the solution of the regularized problem is proven and the convergence of the regularized solutions is analyzed. Further, a semi-smooth Newton method is formulated to solve the regularized problems and its superlinear convergence is shown. Thereby special attention has to be paid to the well-posedness of the Newton iteration. Numerical examples confirm the theoretical results.     

Random attractor for a stochastic damped wave equation with multiplicative noise on unbounded domains

In this paper we study the asymptotic dynamics for a stochastic damped wave equation with multiplicative noise defined on unbounded domains. We investigate the existence of a random attractor for the random dynamical system associated with the equation.     

Remarks on the Korteweg-de Vries equation

We show for the Korteweg-de Vries equation an existence uniqueness theorem in Sobolev spaces of arbitrary fractional orders≧2, provided the initial data is given in the same space.     

Remarks on the two-dimensional Benjamin equation

We generalize some recent results proved for the KP equation to the generalized Benjamin equation. First, we establish that the Cauchy problem cannot be solved by an iteration method. As a consequence, the flow map fails to be smooth. The second goal is to prove that the zero-mass constraint is satisfied at any non-zero time even it is not satisfied at the initial time.