International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Issue 6, Pages 78192, 29 p.
doi:10.1155/IJMMS/2006/78192

Schrödinger equations in noncylindrical domains: exact controllability

G.O. Antunes1 , M.D.G. Da Silva2 and R.F. Apolaya3

1Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-900, Brazil
2Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil
3Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro 24020-140, Niterói, Brazil

Abstract

We consider an open bounded set Ω⊂ℝn and a family {K(t)}t≥0 of orthogonal matrices of ℝn. Set Ωt={x∈ℝn;x=K(t)y,for all y∈Ω}, whose boundary is Γt. We denote by Q^ the noncylindrical domain given by Q^=∪0<t<T{Ωt×{t}}, with the regular lateral boundary Σ^=∪0<t<T{Γt×{t}}. In this paper we investigate the boundary exact controllability for the linear Schrödinger equation u′−iΔu=f in Q^(i2=−1), u=w on Σ^, u(x,0)=u0(x) in Ω0, where w is the control.