On the pointwise stabilization of a string

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This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the damped wave equation \[ {\partial^2 u(t, x) \over \partial t^2} = {\partial^2 u(t, x) \over \partial x^2} - {\partial u(t, x) \over \partial t}\delta(x - a), \quad u(t, 0) = u(t, 1) = 0, \] \(\delta(x - a)\) the Dirac delta centered at \(a.\) If \(E(t)\) is the energy of the system, we have \(E'(t) = -| u'(t, a)| ^2,\) so that there is dissipation of energy. It is known (see references in the paper) that if \(a \in (0, 1)\) is irrational, then for arbitrary initial data \[ u(0, x) = u^0(x), \quad {\partial u(0, x) \over \partial t} = u^1(x) \] with \((u^0, u^1) \in H^1_0(0, 1) \times L^2(0, 1)\) we have \(E(t) \to 0\) as \(t \to \infty,\) and that there is no decay rate that will apply to all solutions. The author shows that under additional smoothness assumptions on the initial conditions \(u^0, u^1\) the solutions decay is \(1 / \sqrt t\) and that this rate is optimal. Generalizations of this property to multidimensional systems are also stated without proof. Given the generic nature of these results, one wonders what a condition such as \(``a\) irrational would mean in an actual application. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0889.00041].











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