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Title:
Second microlocalization and stabilization of damped wave equations on tori

Speaker:
Nicolas Burq

Abstract:
We consider the question of stabilization for the damped wave equation on tori $$(\partial_t^2 -\Delta )u +a(x) \partial _t u =0.$$ When the damping coefficient $a(x)$ is continuous the question is quite well understood and the geometric control condition is necessary and sufficient for uniform (hence exponential) decay to hold. When $a(x)$ is only $L^{\infty}$ there are still gaps in the understanding. Using second microlocalization we completely solve the question for  Damping coefficients of the form $$a(x)=\sum_{i=1}^{J} a_j 1_{x\in R_j},$$ Where $R_j$ are cubes. This is a joint work with P. Gérard

Link:
https://www.msri.org/workshops/761/schedules/20410

Workshop:
MSRI- New challenges in PDE: Deterministic dynamics and randomness in high and infinite dimensional systems