Uniform stabilization of the wave equation on compact surfaces and locally distributed damping (Q1043661): Difference between revisions

The paper is concerned with the study of the wave equation on compact surfaces and locally distributed damping, described by \[ u_{tt}-\Delta_{\mathcal M}u+a(x)g(u_t)=0\quad\text{on }\;\mathcal M\times]0,\infty[, \] where \(\mathcal M\subset\mathbb R^3\) is a smooth (of class \(C^3\)) oriented embedded compact surface without boundary, such that \(\mathcal M =\mathcal M_0\cup\mathcal M_1\), where \[ \mathcal M_1 := \{x\in\mathcal M; m(x)\cdot\nu (x) > 0\},\quad\text{ and }\;\mathcal M_0 = \mathcal M\setminus\mathcal M_1 . \] Here, \(m(x) := x-x^0\) (\(x^0\in\mathbb R^3\) fixed), and \(\nu\) is the exterior unit normal vector field of \(\mathcal M\). The authors prove that it is possible to stabilize the equation by considering a localized feedback acting on a part \(\mathcal M_*\) of the surface \(\mathcal M\) if this part is strategically chosen.