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

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.