On conditions for asymptotic stability of dissipative infinite-dimensional systems with intermittent damping (Q414825)

The authors study the asymptotic stability of a dissipative evolution in a Hilbert space subject to intermittent damping. They observe that even the intermittence satisfies a persistent excitation condition. If the Hilbert space is infinite-dimensional, then the system needs not to be asymptotically stable. Exponential stability is recovered under a generalized observability inequality, allowing time-domains that are not intervals. Weak asymptotic stability is obtained under a similarly generalized unique continuation principle. Finally, strong asymptotic stability is proved for intermittences that do not necessarily satisfy some persistent excitation condition, evaluating their total contribution to the decay of the trajectories of the damped system. The results are discussed using the example of the wave equation, Schrödinger's equation and, for strong stability, also the special case of finite-dimensional systems.