Small-time global controllability of a class of bilinear fourth-order parabolic equations

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Main Authors: Majumdar, Subrata, Mondal, Debanjit
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author Majumdar, Subrata
Mondal, Debanjit
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Mondal, Debanjit
contents In this work, we investigate the small-time global controllability properties of a class of fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equations driven by a bilinear control posed on the one-dimensional torus. The controls depend only on time and act through a prescribed family of spatial profiles. Our first result establishes the small-time global approximate controllability of the system using three scalar controls, between states that share the same sign. This property is obtained by adapting the geometric control approach to the fourth-order setting, using a finite family of frequency-localized controls. We then study the small-time global exact controllability to non-zero constant states for the concerned system. This second result is achieved by analyzing the null controllability of an appropriate linearized fourth-order system and by deducing the controllability of the nonlinear bilinear model through a fixed-point argument together with the small-time global approximate control property.
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spellingShingle Small-time global controllability of a class of bilinear fourth-order parabolic equations
Majumdar, Subrata
Mondal, Debanjit
Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
In this work, we investigate the small-time global controllability properties of a class of fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equations driven by a bilinear control posed on the one-dimensional torus. The controls depend only on time and act through a prescribed family of spatial profiles. Our first result establishes the small-time global approximate controllability of the system using three scalar controls, between states that share the same sign. This property is obtained by adapting the geometric control approach to the fourth-order setting, using a finite family of frequency-localized controls. We then study the small-time global exact controllability to non-zero constant states for the concerned system. This second result is achieved by analyzing the null controllability of an appropriate linearized fourth-order system and by deducing the controllability of the nonlinear bilinear model through a fixed-point argument together with the small-time global approximate control property.
title Small-time global controllability of a class of bilinear fourth-order parabolic equations
topic Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23339