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Dirichlet boundary stabilization of the wave equation. (English) Zbl 1020.35042

Summary: We consider the stabilization problem for a wave equation. In the case when the geometric control assumption is not satisfied, we prove that the energy of the system decays with a logarithmic rate for all initial data in the domain of the infinitesimal generator of the evolution equation. The technique used consists in deducing the decay estimate from an observability inequality for the associated undamped problem, via sharp regularity results.

MSC:

35L20 Initial-boundary value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations
93D15 Stabilization of systems by feedback
35B35 Stability in context of PDEs