Exact boundary controllability of an integrodifferential equation (Q579617)

An integro-differential equation of Volterra type, describing the deflection of a plate of viscoelastic material, having a long memory for its deformation history, is considered. A boundary value problem with inhomogeneous boundary conditions of class \(L^ 2\) on a part of the boundary is investigated. It is shown that the problem has a unique weak solution whose representation is derived. Using that representation, it is proved, by harmonic analysis arguments, that the boundary control problem is exactly controllable for any fixed time of control \(T>0\).