Carleman estimates for the one-dimensional heat equation with a discontinuous coefficient and applications to controllability and an inverse problem

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 865-887

  Benabdallah, Assia ^a   Dermenjian, Yves ^a   Le Rousseau, Jérôme ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carleman estimate; Control; Non smooth coefficients; Observability; Parabolic equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548171032     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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