Semi-discrete Ingham-type inequalities (Q2641886)

The purpose of this very important and useful paper is to establish discrete versions of various Ingham-type theorems by using of authors' approach. They imply the earlier continuous results by a simple limit process. A discrete version of Ingham's theorem, which improves an analogous Negreanu-Zuazua theorem, is proposed. The authors illustrate the usefulness of this theorem by establishing a discrete observability result for a simple model problem. Main result: The authors' discrete Ingham-type theorem in two different directions -- to functions of several variables and to vector-valued functions -- is generalized. Both generalizations play an important role in proving various observability and exact controllability theorems for systems of partial differential equations.