On the observability of abstract time-discrete linear parabolic equations (Q2269967)

This article aims at analyzing the observability properties of time-discrete approximation schemes of abstract parabolic equations \(\dot{z}+Az=0\), where \(A\) is a self-adjoint positive definite operator with dense domain and compact resolvent. The authors analyze the observability properties of these diffusive systems for an observation operator \(B\in{\mathfrak L}({\mathcal D}(A^{\nu}),Y)\) with \(\nu <1/2\). Assuming that the continuous system is observable, we prove uniform observability results for suitable time-discretization schemes within the class of conveniently filtered data. they also propose a HUM type algorithm to compute discrete approximations of the exact controls.