Optimal controls of hyperbolic equations in domains with oscillating boundary (Q2467896)

The paper deals with a second-order linear hyperbolic equation in the Neumann case, linked to the stationary problem examined by \textit{R. Brizzi} and \textit{J.-P. Chalot} [Ric. Mat. 46, No. 2, 341--387 (1997; Zbl 0959.35014)]. The aim is to apply ``homogenization'' in order to describe the asymptotic behaviour of a sequence of solutions of the homogenized equation. The convenience of this approach is that the homogenized equation in part of the domain becomes independent of the spatial variables. The main result, expressed in Theorem 2.1 of the paper, establishes that under suitable conditions, the solutions of the homogenized equation converge in some sense to the initially given equation. This result is applied to an optimal control problem, in which case, as stated in Theorem 2.2 of the paper, it is shown the convergence of the cost functionals of the homogenized problems to the cost functionals of the initial problem.