Wave maps from circle to Riemannian manifold: global controllability is equivalent to homotopy

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Main Authors: Coron, Jean-Michel, Krieger, Joachim, Xiang, Shengquan
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author Coron, Jean-Michel
Krieger, Joachim
Xiang, Shengquan
author_facet Coron, Jean-Michel
Krieger, Joachim
Xiang, Shengquan
contents We study wave maps from the circle to a general compact Riemannian manifold. We prove that the global controllability of this geometric equation is characterized precisely by the homotopy class of the data. As a remarkable intermediate result, we establish uniform-time global controllability between steady states, providing a partial answer to an open problem raised by Dehman, Lebeau and Zuazua (2003). Finally, we obtain quantitative exponential stability around closed geodesics with negative sectional curvature. This work highlights the rich interplay between partial differential equations, differential geometry, and control theory.
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spellingShingle Wave maps from circle to Riemannian manifold: global controllability is equivalent to homotopy
Coron, Jean-Michel
Krieger, Joachim
Xiang, Shengquan
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Optimization and Control
We study wave maps from the circle to a general compact Riemannian manifold. We prove that the global controllability of this geometric equation is characterized precisely by the homotopy class of the data. As a remarkable intermediate result, we establish uniform-time global controllability between steady states, providing a partial answer to an open problem raised by Dehman, Lebeau and Zuazua (2003). Finally, we obtain quantitative exponential stability around closed geodesics with negative sectional curvature. This work highlights the rich interplay between partial differential equations, differential geometry, and control theory.
title Wave maps from circle to Riemannian manifold: global controllability is equivalent to homotopy
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12779