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Alessandro Duca

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Bilinear controllability for the linear KdV-Schr{\"o}dinger equation

We study the controllability of a linear KdV-Schr{\"o}dinger equation on the one-dimensional torus via purely imaginary bilinear controls. Considering controls spanning a suitable finite number of Fourier modes, we prove small-time global approximate controllability in L2(T). The result holds between any pair of states with the same norm and is obtained via the saturation method by following the idea introduced in [Poz24]. We first establish small-time controllability for phase multiplications, and then generate transport operators associated with diffeomorphisms of the torus. Finally, we combine these results to recover global approximate controllability. Note that the controllability property holds independently of the Schr{\"o}dinger component of the dynamics, which may in particular be taken to vanish.

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$H^1$ local exact controllability of some one-dimensional bilinear Schr{\"o}dinger equations

The local exact controllability of the one-dimensional bilinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions has been extensively studied in subspaces of H 3 since the seminal work of K. Beauchard. Our first objective is to revisit this result and establish the controllability in H 1 0 for suitable discontinuous control potentials. In the second part, we consider the equation in the presence of periodic boundary conditions and a constant magnetic field. We prove the local exact controllability of periodic H 1 -states, thanks to a Zeeman-type effect induced by the magnetic field which decouples the resonant spectrum. Finally, we discuss open problems and partial results for the Neumann case and the harmonic oscillator.

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The Graph Geometric Control Condition

In this paper, we introduce a novel concept called the Graph Geometric Control Condition (GGCC). It turns out to be a simple, geometric rewriting of many of the frameworks in which the controllability of PDEs on graphs has been studied. We prove that (GGCC) is a necessary and sufficient condition for the exact controllability of the wave equation on metric graphs with internal controls and Dirichlet boundary conditions. We then investigate the internal exact controllability of the wave equation with mixed boundary conditions and the one of the Schr\"odinger equation, as well as the internal null-controllability of the heat equation. We show that (GGCC) provides a sufficient condition for the controllability of these equations and we provide explicit examples proving that (GGCC) is not necessary in these cases.

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On the small-time bilinear control of a nonlinear heat equation: global approximate controllability and exact controllability to trajectories

In this work we analyse the small-time reachability properties of a nonlinear parabolic equation, by means of a bilinear control, posed on a torus of arbitrary dimension $d$. Under a saturation hypothesis on the control operators, we show the small-time approximate controllability between states sharing the same sign. Moreover, in the one-dimensional case $d=1$, we combine this property with a local exact controllability result, and prove the small-time exact controllability of any positive states towards the ground state of the evolution operator.

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Networks of sign-changing metamaterials: existence and spectral properties

We study composite assemblages of dielectrics and metamaterials with respectively positive and negative material parameters. In the continuum case, for a scalar equation, such media may exhibit so-called plasmonic resonances for certain values of the (negative) conductivity in the metamaterial. This work investigates such resonances, and the associated eigenfunctions, in the case of composite conducting networks. Unlike the continuous media, we show a surprising specific dependence on the geometry of the network of the resonant values. We also study how the problem is affected by the choice of boundary conditions on the external nodes of the structure.

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Small-time estimates for a real moment problem with two-term Weyl spectral law

In this work, we first study the solvability of moment problems involving real exponentials and provide explicit estimates of the associated control cost. The result holds when the increasing sequence of distinct real numbers satisfies a suitable two-term Weyl asymptotic law, without imposing any uniform spacing condition on blocks of its elements. We then deduce a corresponding controllability result for a linear control problem. Next, we present an exponential family fitting our hypotheses that cannot be treated by existing results of this type. Finally, we show how to deduce new exact controllability results for suitable fractional bilinear heat equations in higher-dimensional domains.

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Small-time controllability for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$ via bilinear electromagnetic fields

We address the small-time controllability problem for a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) on $\mathbb{R}^N$ in the presence of magnetic and electric external fields. We choose a particular framework where the equation becomes $i\partial_t \psi = [-\Delta+u_0(t)h_{\vec{0}}+\langle u(t), P\rangle +\kappa|\psi|^{2p}]\psi$. Here, the control operators are defined by the zeroth Hermite function $h_{\vec{0}}(x)$ and the momentum operator $P=i\nabla$. In detail, we study when it is possible to control the dynamics of (NLS) as fast as desired via sufficiently large control signals $u_0$ and $u$. We first show the existence of a family of quantum states for which this property is verified. Secondly, by considering some specific states belonging to this family, as a physical consequence we show the capability of controlling arbitrary changes of energy in bounded regions of the quantum system, in time zero. Our results are proved by exploiting the idea that the nonlinear term in (NLS) is only a perturbation of the linear problem when the time is as small as desired. The core of the proof, then, is the controllability of the bilinear equation which is tackled by using specific non-commutativity properties of infinite-dimensional propagators.

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Control of the Schr\"odinger equation by slow deformations of the domain

The aim of this work is to study the controllability of the Schr\"odinger equation \begin{equation}\label{eq_abstract} i\partial_t u(t)=-\Delta u(t)~~~~~\text{ on }\Omega(t) \tag{$\ast$} \end{equation} with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $\Omega(t)\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is a time-varying domain. We prove the global approximate controllability of \eqref{eq_abstract} in $L^2(\Omega)$, via an adiabatic deformation $\Omega(t)\subset\mathbb{R}$ ($t\in[0,T]$) such that $\Omega(0)=\Omega(T)=\Omega$. This control is strongly based on the Hamiltonian structure of \eqref{eq_abstract} provided by [18], which enables the use of adiabatic motions. We also discuss several explicit interesting controls that we perform in the specific framework of rectangular domains.

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Local exact controllability of the 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions

We consider the 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation with bilinear control. In the case of Neumann boundary conditions, local exact controllability of this equation near the ground state has been proved by Beauchard and Laurent in arXiv:1001.3288. In this paper, we study the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions. To establish the controllability of the linearised equation, we use a bilinear control acting through four directions: three Fourier modes and one generic direction. The Fourier modes are appropriately chosen so that they satisfy a saturation property. These modes allow to control approximately the linearised Schrödinger equation. We show that the reachable set for the linearised equation is closed. This is achieved by representing the resolving operator as a sum of two linear continuous mappings: one is surjective (here the control in generic direction is used) and the other is compact. A mapping with dense and closed image is surjective, so the linearised Schrödinger equation is exactly controllable. Then local exact controllability of the nonlinear equation is derived using the inverse mapping theorem.

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Exact controllability to eigensolutions of the bilinear heat equation on compact networks

Partial differential equation on networks have been widely investigated in the last decades in view of their application to quantum mechanics (Schrödinger type equations) or to the analysis of flexible structures (wave type equations). Nevertheless, very few results are available for diffusive models despite an increasing demand arising from life sciences such as neurobiology. This paper analyzes the controllability properties of the heat equation on a compact network under the action of a single input bilinear control. By adapting a recent method due to [F.~Alabau-Boussouira, P.~Cannarsa and C.~Urbani, {\em Exact controllability to eigensolutions for evolution equations of parabolic type via bilinear control}, arXiv:1811.08806], an exact controllability result to the eigensolutions of the uncontrolled problem is obtained in this work. A crucial step has been the construction of a suitable biorthogonal family under a non-uniform gap condition of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian on a graph. Application to star graphs and tadpole graphs are included.

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Achieving energy permutation of modes in the Schrödinger equation with moving Dirac potentials

In this work, we study the Schrödinger equation $i\partial_tψ=-Δψ+η(t)\sum_{j=1}^Jδ_{x=a_j(t)}ψ$ on $L^2((0,1),C)$ where $η:[0,T]\longrightarrow R^+$ and $a_j:[0,T]\longrightarrow (0,1)$, $j=1,...,J$. We show how to permute the energy associated to different eigenmodes of the Schrödinger equation via suitable choice of the functions $η$ and $a_j$. To the purpose, we mime the control processes introduced in [17] for a very similar equation where the Dirac potential is replaced by a smooth approximation supported in a neighborhood of $x=a(t)$. We also propose a Galerkin approximation that we prove to be convergent and illustrate the control process with some numerical simulations.

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Schrödinger equation in moving domains

We consider the Schr\''odinger equation \begin{equation}\label{eq_abstract} i\partial_t u(t)=-Δu(t)~~~~~\text{ on }Ω(t) \tag{$\ast$} \end{equation}where $Ω(t)\subset\mathbb{R}$ is a moving domain depending on the time $t\in [0,T]$. The aim of this work is to provide a meaning to the solutions of such an equation. We use the existence of a bounded reference domain $Ω_0$ and a specific family of unitary maps $h^\sharp(t): L^2(Ω(t),\mathbb{C})\longrightarrow L^2(Ω_0,\mathbb{C})$. We show that the conjugation by $h^\sharp$ provides a newequation of the form \begin{equation}\label{eq_abstract2}i\partial_t v= h^\sharp(t)H(t)h_\sharp(t) v~~~~~\text{ on }Ω_0\tag{$\ast\ast$} \end{equation} where $h_\sharp=(h^\sharp)^{-1}$. The Hamiltonian $H(t)$ is a magnetic Laplacian operator of the form$$H(t)=-(div+iA)\circ(grad+iA)-|A|^2$$where $A$ is an explicit magnetic potential depending on the deformation of the domain $Ω(t)$. The formulation \eqref{eq_abstract2} enables to ensure the existence of weak and strong solutions of the initial problem \eqref{eq_abstract} on $Ω(t)$ endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions. In addition, it also indicates that the correct Neumann type boundary conditions for \eqref{eq_abstract} are not the homogeneous but the magnetic ones$$\partial_νu(t)+i\langleν| A\rangle u(t)=0,$$even though \eqref{eq_abstract} has no magnetic term. All the previous results are also studied in presence of diffusion coefficients as well as magnetic and electric potentials. Finally, we prove some associated byproducts as an adiabatic result for slow deformations of the domain and atime-dependent version of the so-called ``Moser's trick''. We use this outcome in order to simplify Equation \eqref{eq_abstract2} and to guarantee the well-posedness for slightly less regular deformations of $Ω(t)$.

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Bilinear control and growth of Sobolev norms for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) on a torus of arbitrary dimension. The equation is studied in presence of an external potential field whose time-dependent amplitude is taken as control. Assuming that the potential satisfies a saturation property, we show that the NLS equation is approximately controllable between any pair of eigenstates in arbitrarily small time. The proof is obtained by developing a multiplicative version of a geometric control approach introduced by Agrachev and Sarychev. We give an application of this result to the study of the large time behavior of the NLS equation with random potential. More precisely, we assume that the amplitude of the potential is a random process whose law is $1$-periodic in time and non-degenerate. Combining the controllability with a stopping time argument and the Markov property, we show that the trajectories of the random equation are almost surely unbounded in regular Sobolev spaces.

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Well-posedness and exponential decay for the Euler-Bernoulli beam conveying fluid equation with non-constant velocity and dynamical boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider an Euler-Bernoulli beam equation with time-varying internal fluid. We assume that the fluid is moving with non-constant velocity and dynamical boundary conditions are satisfied. We prove the existence and uniqueness of global solution under suitable assumptions on the tension of beam and on the parameters of the problem. Afterwards, we establish the exponential stability of the solution by introducing a suitable Lyapunov functional.

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Controllability of periodic bilinear quantum systems on infinite graphs

In this work, we study the controllability of the bilinear Schrödinger equation on infinite graphs for periodic quantum states. We consider the bilinear Schrödinger equation $i\partial_tψ=-Δψ+u(t)Bψ$ in the Hilbert space $L^2_p$ composed by functions defined on an infinite graph $\mathscr{G}$ verifying periodic boundary conditions on the infinite edges. The Laplacian $-Δ$ is equipped with specific boundary conditions, $B$ is a bounded symmetric operator and $u\in L^2((0,T),\mathbb{R})$ with $T>0$. We present the well-posedness of the system in suitable subspaces of $D(|Δ|^{3/2})$ . In such spaces, we study the global exact controllability and we provide examples involving for instance tadpole graphs and star graphs with infinite spokes.

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Controllability of localized quantum states on infinite graphs through bilinear control fields

In this work, we consider the bilinear Schrödinger equation $i\partial_tψ=-Δψ+u(t)Bψ$ in the Hilbert space $L^2(\mathcal{G},\mathbb{C})$ with $\mathcal{G}$ an infinite graph. The Laplacian $-Δ$ is equipped with self-adjoint boundary conditions, $B$ is a bounded symmetric operator and $u\in L^2((0,T),\mathbb{R})$ with $T>0$. We study the well-posedness in suitable subspaces of $D(|Δ|^{3/2})$ preserved by the dynamics despite the dispersive behaviour of the equation. In such spaces, we study the global exact controllability and the {\virgolette{energetic controllability}}. We provide examples involving for instance infinite tadpole graphs.

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Simultaneous global exact controllability in projection of infinite 1D bilinear Schrödinger equations

The aim of this work is to study the controllability of infinite bilinear Schrödinger equations on a segment. We consider the equations (BSE) $i\partial_tψ^{j}=-Δψ^j+u(t)Bψ^j$ in the Hilbert space $L^2((0,1),\mathbb{C})$ for every $j\in\mathbb{N}^*$. The Laplacian $-Δ$ is equipped with Dirichlet homogeneous boundary conditions, $B$ is a bounded symmetric operator and $u\in L^2((0,T),\mathbb{R})$ with $T>0$. We prove the simultaneous local and global exact controllability of infinite (BSE) in projection. The local controllability is guaranteed for any positive time and we provide explicit examples of $B$ for which our theory is valid. In addition, we show that the controllability of infinite (BSE) in projection onto suitable finite dimensional spaces is equivalent to the controllability of a finite number of (BSE) (without projecting). In conclusion, we rephrase our controllability results in terms of density matrices.

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Global exact controllability of bilinear quantum systems on compact graphs and energetic controllability

The aim of this work is to study the controllability of the bilinear Schrödinger equation on compact graphs. In particular, we consider the equation (BSE) $i\partial_tψ=-Δψ+u(t)Bψ$ in the Hilbert space $L^2(\mathscr{G},\mathbb{C})$, with $\mathscr{G}$ being a compact graph. The Laplacian $-Δ$ is equipped with self-adjoint boundary conditions, $B$ is a bounded symmetric operator and $u\in L^2((0,T),\mathbb{R})$ with $T>0$. We provide a new technique leading to the global exact controllability of the (BSE) in $D(|Δ|^{s/2})$ with $s\geq 3$. Afterwards, we introduce the "energetic controllability", a weaker notion of controllability useful when the global exact controllability fails. In conclusion, we develop some applications of the main results involving for instance star graphs.

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