Input-to-state stability for PDEs (Q721114)

This (relatively) small-size book has several premises: dynamics models of the real world, control theory; ISS (input-to-state stability) and backstepping feedback synthesis. All these concepts and approaches occurred at the beginning in realm of ODEs (ordinary differential equations) or of the lumped parameters. This means finite dimensional state space and topologically equivalent norms there. Moving towards time delay models, models described by integral and integro-differential equations means already moving towards a certain ``parameter distribution'' i.e. towards an infinite dimensional state space. At the ``top'' of ``parameter distribution'' one finds the systems described by PDEs (partial differential equations). Real world systems described by PDEs are mostly (but not only) boundary controlled. The dynamics of the control devices (if not neglected), together with the specific (to boundary control of PDEs) control structures make the resulting boundary conditions \textit{non-standard} (having their own dynamics or, in authors' terminology - containing non-local terms). Consequently the book is structured in 11 chapters as follows. It starts with \textit{Preview} dealing with topics and tools, background material and, separately the ISS property for systems containing PDEs thus pointing out that ISS represents the underlying feature of the entire book. A list of applications is also presented in brief. The main part of the book is structured in three parts. Part I deals with ISS for first order hyperbolic PDEs and its two chapters consider well posedness (more precisely existence and uniqueness) and ISS in spatial $L^p$ norms (due to discontinuity propagation -- typical for hyperbolic PDEs); most important, ISS Lyapunov functionals are considered. The same structure of the chapters is to be met in Part II -- dealing with parabolic PDEs. These equations ``enjoy'' higher smoothness of the solutions hence $H^1$ norms are also discussed, also some ISS estimates in suitable norms ($\sup$, $L^1$, $L^p$) are given. Part III contains the main control results which lead to PDE-ODE loops, accounting for systems with PDEs and \textit{non-standard} boundary conditions. However distributed control is also considered thus obtaining PDE-PDE loops; they are considered in three versions arising from engineering applications: hyperbolic, parabolic, hyperbolo-parabolic. Each chapter has its own list of references. This is a beautiful book, highly recommended to researchers and, as a textbook, to post-graduates. The graphical conditions are excellent.