Asymptotic control and stabilization of nonlinear oscillators with non isolated equilibria, a note: from \(L^1\) to non \(L^1\) (Q2575074)

Let \(H\) be a real Hilbert space, let \(\Phi : H\to \mathbb{R}\) be a map of class \(C^1\) on H, bounded from below on \(H\) such that \(\nabla \Phi\) is Lipschitzian on the bounded subsets of \(H\). Let \(t_0 \in \mathbb{R}\), let \(\varepsilon : [t_0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R}_+\) be a function of class \(C^2\) such that \[ \lim_{t \to \infty}\varepsilon (t) = \lim_{t \to \infty}{\dot \varepsilon}(t) =0\leqno({\mathcal H}_\varepsilon -i) \] The author considers the system \[ \begin{cases} {\ddot x}(t) + \gamma {\dot x}(t) + \nabla \Phi(x(t)) + \varepsilon(t)x(t) =0,\\ x(t_0)=x_0, \;{\dot x}(t_0)={\dot x}_0,\\ \end{cases} \tag{HBFC} \] with \(\gamma >0\), and \((x_0, {\dot x}_0) \in H \times H\). Under the assumptions of Theorem 1 by \textit{H. Attouch} and the author [J. Differ. Equations 179, 278--310 (2002; Zbl 1007.34049)], and for \((\varepsilon_n)\) a sequence of nonincreasing controls of class \(C^2\) satisfying a \(({\mathcal H}_\varepsilon-i)\)-type relation and with \(\varepsilon_n(t)=\varepsilon(t)\), for all \(t\in [t_0, n]\), denoting by \(x\) and \(x_n\) the trajectories of the systems (HBFC) and (HBFC)\(_n\), respectively, the main result of the paper states that \(\lim_{n \to \infty} \| x_n-x\|_\infty =0\) and, in particular, the weak limits of the trajectories \(x_n\) strongly converge to the strong limit of the trajectory \(x\).