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Finite-difference approximation of dirichlet observation problems for weak solutions to the wave equation subject to Robin boundary conditions

M. M. Potapov

Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

Abstract: For the wave equation with variable coefficients subject to Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, two mutually dual problems are considered: the Dirichlet observation problem with weak generalized solutions and the control problem with strong generalized solutions. Both problems are approximated by finite differences preserving the duality relation. The convergence of the approximate solutions is established in the norms of the corresponding dual spaces.

Key words: wave equation, controllability, observability, duality, finite-dimensional approximation, convergence.

UDC: 519.626

Received: 12.03.2007

 English version: Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, 2007, 47:8, 1268–1284

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