Carleman estimates for semi-discrete parabolic operators and application to the controllability of semi-linear semi-discrete parabolic equations
Boyer, Franck ; Le Rousseau, Jérôme
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 31 (2014), p. 1035-1078 / Harvested from Numdam
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In arbitrary dimension, in the discrete setting of finite-differences we prove a Carleman estimate for a semi-discrete parabolic operator, in which the large parameter is connected to the mesh size. This estimate is applied for the derivation of a (relaxed) observability estimate, that yield some controlability results for semi-linear semi-discrete parabolic equations. Sub-linear and super-linear cases are considered.

Publié le : 2014-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2013.07.011
Classification:  35K10,  35K58,  65M06,  93B05,  93B07 
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Boyer, Franck; Le Rousseau, Jérôme. Carleman estimates for semi-discrete parabolic operators and application to the controllability of semi-linear semi-discrete parabolic equations. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 31 (2014) pp. 1035-1078. doi : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2013.07.011. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPC_2014__31_5_1035_0/

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