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Main Authors: Dehman, Belhassen, Zuazua, Sylvain Ervedoza an Enrique
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18976
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author Dehman, Belhassen
Zuazua, Sylvain Ervedoza an Enrique
author_facet Dehman, Belhassen
Zuazua, Sylvain Ervedoza an Enrique
contents We establish sharp regional observability results for solutions of the wave equation in a bounded domain of $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, in case where the geometric control condition is not satisfied. Assuming that the waves are observed on a non-empty open subset $ω\subset Ω$ and that the initial data are supported in another open subset $\mathscr{O} \subsetΩ$, we derive estimates for the energy of initial data localized in $\mathscr{O}$, in terms of the energy measured on the observation set $(0,T) \times ω$. This holds under a suitable geometric condition relating the time horizon T and the subdomains $ω$ and $\mathscr{O}$. By duality, we obtain new controllability results for the wave equation, ensuring that the projection of the solution onto $\mathscr{O}$ can be controlled by means of controls supported in $ω$, with optimal spatial support. We also present several extensions of the main result, including the case of boundary observations, as well as a characterization of the observable fraction of the energy of the initial data from partial measurements on $(0,T) \times ω$. Applications to wave control are discussed accordingly.
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spellingShingle Regional and partial observability and control of waves
Dehman, Belhassen
Zuazua, Sylvain Ervedoza an Enrique
Analysis of PDEs
35A18, 35Lxx, 35Q93, 93Dxx
We establish sharp regional observability results for solutions of the wave equation in a bounded domain of $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, in case where the geometric control condition is not satisfied. Assuming that the waves are observed on a non-empty open subset $ω\subset Ω$ and that the initial data are supported in another open subset $\mathscr{O} \subsetΩ$, we derive estimates for the energy of initial data localized in $\mathscr{O}$, in terms of the energy measured on the observation set $(0,T) \times ω$. This holds under a suitable geometric condition relating the time horizon T and the subdomains $ω$ and $\mathscr{O}$. By duality, we obtain new controllability results for the wave equation, ensuring that the projection of the solution onto $\mathscr{O}$ can be controlled by means of controls supported in $ω$, with optimal spatial support. We also present several extensions of the main result, including the case of boundary observations, as well as a characterization of the observable fraction of the energy of the initial data from partial measurements on $(0,T) \times ω$. Applications to wave control are discussed accordingly.
title Regional and partial observability and control of waves
topic Analysis of PDEs
35A18, 35Lxx, 35Q93, 93Dxx
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18976